Table 2. Regional differences in the BOLD response to masked-sad faces versus masked-happy faces (SN-HN) in patients with major depressive disorder and healthy controls.
Condition | Region | SN-HN | ||||
Stereotaxic Coordinates | Cluster size* | Z-value# | ||||
X | Y | Z | ||||
MDD>HC | L Hippocampus | −28 | −24 | −12 | 146* | 3.60 |
L Hippocampus | −28 | −14 | −14 | 3.47 | ||
L Amygdala | −26 | −3 | −15 | 3.10∧ | ||
R Amygdala/Anterior Inferotemporal C | 38 | −5 | −22 | 12 | 3.18 |
Abbreviations: L = left; R = right; MDD = major depressive disorder; HC = healthy control; SN = masked-sad faces; HN = masked-happy faces; SN-HN = masked-sad versus masked-happy faces; C = cortex.
The cluster size was significant after applying a cluster threshold of k = 23 voxels using Monte Carlo simulations implemented in AFNI's AlphaSim program to correct for multiple comparisons.
The statistical t-values for these regions are reported in the text, while corresponding z-values are reported in the table.
The peak amygdala coordinate varies slightly from those reported in our previous paper [8] because here we report results for SN-HN based on a different statistical approach (2×3 ANOVA).