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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 3.

Brain Regions Involved in Empathy for Pain1

Voxel ALE x y z Area Label
2405 0.084 −40 14 0 L anterior insula
0.041 −30 −4 −14 L amygdala
0.036 −16 −8 −8 L globus pallidus
0.033 −38 −2 4 L claustrum
0.029 −48 8 8 44 L precentral gyrus
0.028 −46 0 24 9 L inferior frontal gyrus
0.026 −38 −2 16 L posterior insula
2298 0.084 40 20 −4 47 R inferior frontal gyrus
0.032 46 28 6 13 R inferior frontal gyrus
0.032 26 −2 −14 R amygdala
1999 0.075 −2 24 32 32 L ACC/RCZa
0.057 0 −2 36 24 ACC/CCZ
0.050 −8 6 40 32 L ACC/RCZp
0.031 0 10 54 6 L MPFC
506 0.053 52 −30 34 2 R SI
408 0.047 −54 −28 34 40 L inferior parietal lobule
0.020 −44 −38 38 40 L inferior parietal lobule
302 0.033 12 −6 12 R thalamus
154 0.041 −2 42 18 9 L MPFC
150 0.028 −42 −68 −8 19 L fusiform gyrus
0.027 −44 −72 6 19 L mid occipital gyrus
143 0.038 −38 −48 50 40 L inferior parietal lobule
131 0.040 36 −4 14 R posterior insula
117 0.027 48 4 30 9 R inferior frontal gyrus
0.024 44 2 42 6 R mid frontal gyrus
55 0.026 −10 −12 6 L thalamus
40 0.028 30 −82 2 18 R mid occipital gyrus
35 0.027 −30 −64 −26 L cerebellum
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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; SI, primary somatosensory cortex; MPFC, medial prefrontal cortex; L, left; R, right. RCZa, RCZp, and CCZ are defined as by Fan et al. (2008).