Table 5.
Significant clusters of neural activation in response to fearful facial expressions in patients (n = 9).
| Brain region (BA) | Talairach and Tournoux coordinates
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| x | y | z | Size | p | |
| Fear (50%) vs. neutral | |||||
| Right cerebellum | 25 | −69 | −35 | 9 | .001 |
| Posterior cingulate gyrus (BA23) | −11 | −56 | 9 | 8 | .001 |
| Left angular gyrus (BA39) | −36 | −67 | 26 | 5 | .0001 |
| Right lingual gyrus (BA19) | 15 | −60 | −2 | 4 | .003 |
| Fear (100%) vs. neutral | |||||
| Right supramarginal gyrus (BA40) | 50 | −43 | 31 | 20 | .002 |
| Left supramarginal gyrus (BA40) | −47 | −26 | 26 | 14 | .0006 |
| Right cerebellum | 40 | −63 | −24 | 12 | .002 |
| Left cerebellum | −21 | −52 | −24 | 11 | .001 |
| Medial frontal lobe (BA32) | −11 | 39 | 20 | 10 | .001 |
| Posterior cingulate gyrus (BA31) | 28 | −63 | 26 | 6 | .002 |
Coordinates of regions in which significant within-group differences were demonstrated. Voxel-wise and cluster-wise differences at p = .05 and p = .003, respectively. Brodmann areas are indicated in parentheses. BA, Brodmann area.