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. 2013 Nov 28;8(11):e81924. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0081924

Table 3. Identified fROIs and results of analysis on mean beta value in each fROI for tasting soft drinks.a .

fROI Peak voxel coordinates of fROI
BA Cluster size (voxels) F peak voxel Main effect sweetener type Sweetener type x Time
x y z p p
OFC
L Medial Frontal gyrus -6 59 -14 11 72 5.4 0.91 0.34
L Inferior Frontal gyrus -39 32 -5 47 9 2.8 0.95 0.18
R Middle Frontal gyrus 27 62 -8 11 11 3.9 0.16 0.49
R Superior Frontal gyrus 24 35 -17 11 10 3.4 0.93 0.46
R Medial Frontal gyrus 9 59 -14 11 9 3.0 0.53 0.11
R Superior Temporal Pole 51 17 -2 38 14 3.8 0.80 0.13
Thalamus
Thalamus -6 -10 10 - 336 8.1 0.07 0.05
Striatum
L Caudate -18 8 16 - 136 6.6 0.20 0.04
R Caudate 18 17 13 - 255 8.1 0.50 0.11
Cingulate gyrus
Middle Cingulum 9 -1 34 24 240 8.9 0.02 0.73
R Precunues 9 -52 25 23 105 6.8 0.68 0.01
Hippocampus
L Hippocampus -33 -34 -5 37 27 6.6 0.70 0.08
R Hippocampus 30 -37 4 37 9 4.7 0.29 0.86
Precentral Gyrus
L Precentral gyrus -51 -10 7 48 58 6.4 0.01 0.89
L Precentral gyrus -51 -16 28 48 191 4.2 0.17 0.69
L Precentral gyrus -24 -25 52 - 15 3.4 0.29 0.14
R Precentral gyrus 48 -4 34 4 326 6.4 0.01 0.84
R Precentral gyrus 36 -19 46 3 51 4.7 0.21 0.12
Taste map
L Insula -42 -1 4 48 12 4.6 0.12 0.70
R Insula 33 17 10 48 55 5.7 0.23 0.62
L Rolandic operculum -48 -16 19 48 24 4.5 0.09 0.17
R Rolandic operculum 48 -7 13 48 49 5.6 0.01 0.69

a The F map was thresholded at F=2.53, p<0.05, uncorrected for multiple comparisons, with a cluster extent threshold k>8 contiguous voxels. BA=Brodmann areas. L = Left, R=Right hemisphere