Table 1. Significant Clusters from the fMRI Analyses.
Hemisphere | Cluster size | Cluster P-value | Peak T-value |
Coordinate |
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X | Y | Z | |||||
Perceptual load task: | |||||||
High>low load (see also Figure 2b) | |||||||
Parietal/occipital cortex | Left | 1572 | <0.001 | 9.41 | −28 | −56 | 52 |
Right | 543 | <0.001 | 7.42 | 30 | −54 | 50 | |
Anterior insula | Left | 246 | <0.001 | 6.90 | −30 | 24 | 0 |
Right | 326 | <0.001 | 8.34 | 34 | 22 | −4 | |
Precentral PFC | Left | 575 | <0.001 | 7.28 | −44 | 4 | 36 |
Right | 128 | <0.001 | 6.15 | 40 | 6 | 32 | |
Midfrontal PFC | Left | 50 | <0.001 | 6.63 | −28 | 0 | 50 |
Right | 22 | <0.01 | 5.48 | 28 | 0 | 50 | |
Temporal/fusiform cortex | Left | 136 | <0.001 | 6.31 | −48 | −60 | −10 |
Dorsal ACC/SMC | Left/right | 620 | <0.001 | 7.71 | −2 | 16 | 50 |
Placebo>Zembrin (low load: fear>neutral) (see also Figure 3b) | |||||||
Amygdala | Left | 58 | <0.01a | 3.81 | −26 | 0 | −18 |
Amygdala | Right | 13 | <0.05a | 3.56 | 24 | 4 | −20 |
Dorsal striatum | Left | 390 | <0.05b | 4.51 | −10 | 0 | 16 |
Dorsal Striatum | Right | 629 | <0.01b | 5.36 | 26 | 4 | 18 |
Precuneus | Left/right | 230 | <0.05b | 4.03 | −12 | −30 | 42 |
Emotion matching task: | |||||||
Emotion>shape matching (see also Figure 4a) | |||||||
Fusiform cortex/cerebellum | Left | 337 | <0.001 | 8.56 | −38 | −46 | −20 |
Left | 82 | <0.001 | 6.77 | −36 | −70 | −20 | |
Right | 2546 | <0.001 | 11.72 | 40 | −42 | −22 | |
Frontal-inferior PFC | Left | 263 | <0.001 | 6.50 | −42 | 12 | 26 |
Right | 718 | <0.001 | 8.33 | 42 | 16 | 24 | |
Temporal cortex | Left | 190 | <0.001 | 6.02 | −26 | 16 | −30 |
Right | 88 | <0.001 | 6.86 | 48 | −54 | 8 | |
Right | 104 | <0.001 | 6.36 | 56 | −38 | 10 | |
Amygdala | Left | 107 | <0.001 | 6.28 | −24 | 0 | −20 |
Right | 110 | <0.001 | 6.59 | 22 | −4 | −16 | |
Hippocampus | Left | 90 | <0.001 | 6.44 | −22 | −24 | −4 |
Right | 36 | <0.01 | 6.09 | 22 | −26 | −4 | |
Brainstem | Right | 21 | <0.01 | 5.70 | 18 | −32 | −48 |
Precentral PFC | Right | 43 | <0.01 | 5.63 | 48 | 0 | 52 |
Ventro-medial PFC/OFC | Left | 220 | <0.001 | 5.17 | −24 | 16 | −26 |
85 | <0.01 | 4.52 | −32 | 28 | −4 | ||
Ventro-medial PFC/OFC | Right | 458 | <0.001 | 5.22 | 20 | 12 | −24 |
Midbrain | Left/Right | 427 | <0.001a | 6.03 | −20 | −28 | −4 |
Hypothalamus | Left/right | 53 | <0.05a | 4.65 | 2 | 2 | −18 |
Functional connectivity with amygdala: placebo>Zembrin | |||||||
Main effect (see also Figure 4b) | |||||||
Hypothalamus | Left/right | 8 | <0.05a | 3.64 | 0 | −8 | −8 |
Emotion>shape matching | |||||||
Hypothalamus | Left/right | 13 | <0.10a | 2.76 | 0 | −2 | −4 |
Emotion matching | |||||||
Hypothalamus | Left/right | 47 | <0.05a | 3.73 | −2 | 0 | −6 |
Abbreviations: ACC, anterior cingulate cortex; OFC, orbitofrontal cortex; PFC, prefrontal cortex; SMC, supplementary motor cortex.
All effects are whole-brain FWE-corrected with an extend threshold of 20 voxels unless stated otherwise. Coordinates refer to MNI space.
FWE-corrected for ROI volume.
FWE-corrected cluster-threshold with uncorrected cluster-defining threshold P<0.001.