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. 2015 Aug 5;41(3):822–831. doi: 10.1038/npp.2015.209

Table 2. Summary of Results for Regional Brain Activation and Amygdala Functional Connectivity in PTSD Relative to Healthy Youth.

Contrast Effect Region BA Voxels X Y Z Peak t
Regional brain activation
 Threat-neutral images PTSD>healthy Left dACC 32, 24, 6 565 −6 18 38 5.01
    Left PCG 6, 44 455 −52 4 10 5.79
    Thalamus 273 −6 −20 16 3.92
    Right PCG/STG 44, 22 225 52 12 2 4.23
                 
  Age: PTSD<healthy Right pMC 6 531 14 16 64 −5.02
    Right IPL 40 280 46 −42 40 −4.24
    Left pMC 6 278 −22 0 48 −3.92
    Left dmPFC 9 189 −4 54 30 −4.2
                 
Functional connectivity (PPI)
 Right amygdala seed: threat-neutral images Age: PTSD>healthy Right dmPFC 9 82 10 58 34 4.18
 Left amygdala seed: threat-neutral images PTSD<healthy Bilateral rACC/dmPFC 32, 10, 9 93 −6 46 12 −4.22
    Left dmPFC 9, 10 90 −14 58 8 −4.22
                 
  Age: PTSD<healthy Right vmPFC 11 117 8 46 −18 −4.31
    Left vmPFC 11 81 −8 46 −16 −3.79

Abbreviations: dACC, dorsal anterior cingulate cortex; dmPFC, dorsomedial prefrontal cortex; IPL, inferior parietal lobule; MFG, middle frontal gyrus; PCG, precentral gyrus; pMC, premotor cortex; PPI, psychophysiological interaction; rACC, rostral anterior cingulate cortex; STG, superior temporal gyrus; vmPFC, ventromedial prefrontal cortex.

Peak coordinates (X, Y, Z) are in MNI space, LPI orientation. All contrasts were PTSD minus healthy; thus, a positive t-statistic indicates PTSD>healthy. No group by sex effects were observed in any analysis.