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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 May 16.
Published in final edited form as: Biol Psychiatry. 2011 Jul 23;70(9):826–832. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2011.06.011

Table 1.

Mothers' Neural Activation to Own Infant Cry > Control Sound Associated with HPA Response Parameters

Covariate Region BA L/R X Y Z Z Max Volume (mm3) p
1. Cortisol - Intercept (no activations)
2. Cortisol - Slope Anterior vlPFC-Frontopolar Cortex 46 R 48 50 6 4.04 8541 .004
Angular, Supramarginal Gyri 39, 40 R 43 −49 57 4.08 11405 .0005
Occipital pole 19 L −25 −90 22 3.47 7765 .007
3. Cortisol - Quadratic Midbrain-PAG, Cerebellum L/R −3 −41 −11 3.97 10758 .0008
Posterior Insula to R 31 −23 5 3.75 10242 .001
Striatum, Thalamus R/L
Lateral OFC-vlPFC to Anterior Insula 11,47 R 40 44 −15 4.19 8066 .005
Lateral OFC to Anterior Insula 47 L −30 13 −17 3.71 6580 .02
ACC 24,32 L/R 0 27 20 3.62 6441 .02
dmPFC 9 L/R 8 57 25 3.91 5551 .04
Supramarginal, Angular Gyri 40,39 L −50 −49 45 3.67 5571 .04

Note. Clusters met thresholding criteria for whole-brain FWE < .05. Coordinates based on Montreal Neurological Institute template. BA=putative Brodmann's Area. vlPFC=ventrolateral prefrontal cortex; PAG=periaqueductal gray; OFC=orbitofrontal cortex; ACC=anterior cingulate cortex; dmPFC=dorsomedial prefrontal cortex.