Table 5.
Coordinates of brain activity for rating spontaneous fluctuations of back pain in recovering SBP across visits
| Brain region | Visit 1 | Visit 2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coordinates x, y, z | t-score | Coordinates x, y, z | t-score | |
| Right INS | 42, 12, −6 | 6.90 | 36, 10, −2 | 5.40 |
| Left INS | 38, 12, 4 | 6.77 | 38, 14, 0 | 5.12 |
| Right caudate | 14, 16, 12 | 6.44 | 14, 14, 12 | 3.78 |
| Left caudate | −16, 14, 10 | 6.05 | −16, 12, 10 | 4.21 |
| Right putamen | 24, 10, 4 | 5.93 | 24, 10, 4 | 4.90 |
| Left putamen | −26, 6, 6 | 5.75 | −24, 6, 8 | 4.95 |
| ACC | −2, 32, 14 | 5.05 | −2, 32, 16 | 3.55 |
| Right thalamus | 8, −18, 14 | 5.62 | 12, −20, 10 | 4.47 |
| Left thalamus | −14, −10, 12 | 5.50 | −8, −10, 12 | 3.75 |
| Right IPS | 50, −52, 46 | 3.93 | 56, −52, 48 | 2.41 |
| Left IPS | −46, −52, 52 | 3.54 | ||
| Right DLPFC | 44, 26, 32 | 3.21 | ||
| Left DLPFC | 48, 30, 32 | 4.05 | −46, 40, 16 | 2.31 |
| Right S2 | 50, −42, 32 | 2.66 | ||
ACC = anterior cingulated cortex; DLPFC = dorsal prefrontal cortex; INS = insula; IPS = intraparietal sulcus; S2 = secondary somatosensory cortex. There were no significant activations for visits 3 and 4.