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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Neurobiol Aging. 2014 Jun 6;35(12):2770–2784. doi: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2014.05.029

Table 2.

Regions exhibiting effects of healthy aging on neural recruitment in both positive and negative events

Region of Interest Hemisphere BA MNI Coordinates p-value k
x y z
Increased activity as a function of healthy aging
Frontal Lobe
Premotor Cortex L 6 −10 −10 60 0.000 101
L 6 −26 −20 62 0.001 53
Dorsal Prefrontal Cortex L 9 −30 20 38 0.000 288
L 9 −24 42 42 0.001 26T
R 8 22 28 46 0.000 94
Anterior Prefrontal Cortex L 10 −34 36 14 0.000 21T
Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex L 10 0 58 4 0.000 296
Medial Prefrontal Cortex L 10 −16 56 14 0.000 64
Precentral Gyrus R 4 32 −20 52 0.000 88
Ventrolateral Premotor Cortex R 44 60 12 8 0.001 86
L 47 −30 30 −12 0.001 11T
Parietal Lobe
Inferior Parietal Lobe L 40 −60 −34 36 0.000 25T
Precuneus L 31 −8 −58 34 0.000 62
Postcentral Gyrus R 2 60 −32 42 0.001 23T
Temporal Lobe
Superior Temporal Gyrus L 39 −40 −60 32 0.000 96
Inferior Temporal Gyrus L 20 −58 −26 −20 0.001 19T
Middle Temporal Gyrus L 21 −60 −14 −18 0.001 16T
Limbic Lobe
Posterior Cingulate L 31 −6 −26 42 0.000 965
Other
Insula R 13 52 −22 26 0.000 67
R 13 40 −30 16 0.002 16T
L 13 −56 −34 18 0.001 12T
Decreased activity as a function of healthy aging
Temporal
Fusiform Gyrus L 37 −34 −50 −16 0.000 86
Inferior Temporal Gyrus L 19 −46 −56 −8 0.003 13T
R 18 22 −68 −4 0.000 20T
Occipital
Lingual Gyrus L 18 −20 −72 −6 0.000 103
Cuneus R 18 6 −74 18 0.001 147
Limbic
Posterior Cingulate L 23 −4 −30 22 0.000 190

Clusters significant at an uncorrected threshold of p<.005, k ≤ 10 voxels

Up to 3 local maxima that are at least 8mm apart reported for each cluster. BA= approximate Brodmann Area; L=Left, R=Right

T

Indicates a cluster size smaller than the designated cluster size of 29