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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Oct 15.
Published in final edited form as: J Comp Neurol. 2013 Oct 15;521(15):3371–3388. doi: 10.1002/cne.23368

TABLE 2.

Empathy-Related Brain Regions (All Coordinates)1

Voxel ALE x y z Area Label
9188 0.117 −40 14 0 L anterior insula
0.111 38 20 −2 R anterior insula
0.100 −46 8 4 L anterior insula
0.070 18 8 6 R putamen
0.068 −12 −14 4 L thalamus
0.063 34 −6 12 R claustrum
0.060 22 −2 −12 R amygdala
0.058 −20 6 4 L putamen
0.058 46 6 30 9 R inferior frontal gyrus
0.055 −28 −4 −14 L amygdala
0.053 4 −20 −8 R red nucleus
0.053 −16 −8 −10 L amygdala
0.052 0 −28 −14 Red nucleus
0.051 −42 10 26 9 L inferior frontal gyrus
0.049 48 2 42 6 R middle frontal gyrus
0.048 10 −6 12 R thalamus
0.045 −50 20 16 45 L inferior frontal gyrus
0.038 −48 −2 30 6 L precentral gyrus
2676 0.089 −2 24 32 32 L ACC/RCZa
0.081 −8 6 42 32 L ACC/RCZp
0.063 0 0 38 24 ACC/CCZ
0.051 −2 40 20 9 L MPFC
0.041 6 48 36 6 R MPFC
0.034 −10 50 36 8 L superior frontal gyrus
0.033 2 −6 58 6 R MPFC
585 0.064 52 −32 30 40 R inferior parietal lobule
0.034 50 −46 16 13 R superior temporal gyrus
522 0.066 −54 −28 36 40 L inferior parietal lobule
0.034 −42 −36 40 40 L inferior parietal lobule
264 0.055 44 −50 −12 37 R fusiform gyrus
0.040 48 −60 −2 19 R inferior temporal gyrus
0.036 42 −66 −12 19 R fusiform gyrus
0.032 50 −62 10 37 R mid temporal gyrus
157 0.053 −38 −48 50 40 L inferior parietal lobule
0.031 −26 −60 40 7 L superior parietal lobule
140 0.039 −44 −68 −8 19 L fusiform gyrus
0.032 −44 −70 6 37 L mid temporal gyrus
87 0.047 28 38 34 9 R mid frontal gyrus
85 0.047 32 −84 0 18 R mid occipital gyrus
55 0.035 26 −52 44 7 R superior parietal lobule
36 0.037 −50 −58 16 22 L superior temporal gyrus
1

PFDR < 0.05, k > 30, voxel size = 2 × 2 × 2 mm.

ACC, anterior cingulate cortex; RCZa, anterior rostral cingulate zone; RCZp, posterior rostral cingulate zone; CCZ, caudal cingulate zone; MPFC, medial prefrontal cortex; L, left; R, right. RCZa, RCZp, and CCZ are defined as by Fan et al. (2008).