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Published in final edited form as: J Affect Disord. 2010 Apr 9;126(1-2):113–124. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2010.03.002

Table 5.

Regions in which relative regional cerebral glucose metabolism shows significant correlations with Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) total and factor scores.

Region Beck total
(+)
BF1
(+)
BF2
(+)
BF3
(+)
Beck total
(−)
BF1
(−)
BF3
(−)
Right mesiotemporal cortex AMY, HIP,
34, 28
28, 35 HIP, AMY, 28, 30*,
34*, 35, 36*, 38*
HIP, AMY
Left mesiotemporal cortex AMY, HIP,
34, 28
* HIP, 35, 36* HIP, AMY
Ventral medial prefrontal cortex 10, 25, 47 BL 25 11*, 25
Dorsal medial and lateral
  prefrontal cortex
BL 6, 8, 9,
44, 45, 46
BL 6, 8, 9,
44, 45, 46
BL 4*, 6, 8, 9,
10*, 44, 45
Ventral anterior cingulate BL 25, 32 BL 25, 32 BL 32, 25 25, 32
Pre-genual cingulate BL 32, 33 BL 32, 33 * 32, 33
Dorsal anterior cingulate BL 24 BL 24 * 24
Dorsal posterior cingulate
Insula R anterior inferior
Left parietal cortex 7, 19, 40 19, 40 1*, 2*, 3*, 4*,
7, 19, 39, 40
Right parietal cortex 7, 19, 40 7, 19, 40 2, 7, 19, 40
Left temporal cortex 19, 37, 39 19, 22, 39 19, 20, 21,
37, 39
Right temporal cortex 19, 37, 39 19, 21, 22,
37, 39, 40
39
Left occipital cortex 19 19 19, 39
Right occipital cortex 19 19 19, 39
Thalamus BL VAN BL VLN,
epithalamus
Hypothalamus BL BL*
Caudate ventral striatum
Putamen BL BL ventral*
Globus pallidus BL*
Midbrain PAG PAG*
Pons BL ventral BL ventral*
Cerebellum BL anterior lobe BL anterior lobe BL Vermis* BL anterior lobe

Abbreviations: + and − = positive and negative correlations; BL = bilateral; numbers are Brodmann areas; PAG = periaqueductal gray; HIP = hippocampus; AMY = amygdala; VLN = Ventral Lateral Nucleus of the thalamus; VAN = ventral anterior nucleus of the thalamus; *areas not correlating with other factors.