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. 2014 Jan 21;5:1. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2014.00001

Table 5.

Brain regions displaying a significant interaction between diagnostic group and past substance abuse during both versions of the n-back.

Region BA x y z z-Value
Activity pattern
n-Back version A n-Back version B n-Back version A n-Back version B
GROUP (CONTROL VS. SCHIZOPHRENIA) × PAST SUBSTANCE ABUSE (NO VS. YES)
L superior frontal gyrus 8 0 29 53 3.54 4.48 C(−) < CSA S = SSA C(−) < CSA S = SSA
L DLPFC 9 −40 31 27 2.75 3.21 C < CSA S = SSA C < CSA S = SSA
L middle frontal gyrus 6 −35 10 54 3.26 2.84 C(−) < CSA S > SSA(−) C(−) < CSA S = SSA
L fusiform gyrus 19 −49 −72 −10 3.04 3.27 C < CSA S = SSA C < CSA S = SSA
L insula 13 −40 9 −3 3.03 3.34 C < CSA S = SSA C < CSA S = SSA
L insula 13 −41 −7 5 2.80 2.67 C(−) < CSA S = SSA C < CSA S = SSA
L ant./mid. cingulate 24 0 -6 36 3.71 3.03 C(−) < CSA S = SSA(−) C(−) < CSA S = SSA
L thalamus −9 −28 −4 2.57 2.77 C < CSA S = SSA C < CSA S = SSA
R middle frontal gyrus 10 36 55 3 2.73 3.03 C(−) < CSA S = SSA C(−) < CSA S = SSA
R middle frontal gyrus 6 36 8 58 3.20 2.97 C < CSA S > SSA C < CSA S = SSA
R orbitofrontal gyrus 47 41 18 −2 2.68 3.60 C < CSA S = SSA C < CSA S = SSA
R precentral gyrus 44 53 13 8 2.82 3.17 C < CSA S = SSA C < CSA S = SSA
R inferior parietal lobule 40 41 −53 54 2.63 3.14 C = CSA S > SSA C < CSA S = SSA

Activity patterns are activations, except when denoted with (−), indicating deactivation. Coordinates (x, y, z) reflect Talairach template space (57). “ =”, represents no significant difference in post hoc analysis; BA, Brodmann area; L, left; R, right; DLPFC, dorsolateral prefrontal cortex; ant., anterior; mid., middle; C, control participants without past substance abuse; CSA, control participants with past substance abuse; S, schizophrenia patients without past substance abuse; SSA, schizophrenia patients with past substance abuse.