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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jan 5.
Published in final edited form as: J Cogn Psychother. 2009 Aug;23(3):242–257. doi: 10.1891/0889-8391.23.3.242

TABLE 4. Changes in BOLD Responses from Baseline to Post-MBSR.

Brain Regions BA x y za % Signal
Change		 Vol (voxels) t Value
Baseline > post-MBSR
Positive self
Frontal cortex
 Medial PFC 10 7 66 5 −.33 7 3.83
 Medial PFC 10 10 62 22 −.22 4 3.35
 Dorsomedial PFC 8 −3 28 46 −.35 6 3.23
 L inferior frontal gyrus 47 −45 25 −2 −.30 8 3.65
 L inferior frontal gyrus 45 −52 21 8 −.23 5 4.13
Subcortical
R uvula 34 −79 −26 −.32 5 3.65
Post-MBSR > baseline
Negative self
 L inferior parietal
 lobule		 40 −45 −51 50 .35 4 3.02
 Medial precuneus 7 0 −68 46 .29 4 2.97

Note. t value threshold ≥ 3.21, voxel p < .005, minimum cluster volume threshold ≥ 163 mm3 (4 voxels × 3.438 mm3), cluster p < .01. BA = Brodmann area; L = left; PFC = prefrontal cortex.

a

Talairach and Tournoux coordinates of maximum BOLD signal intensity voxel.