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. 2016 Jun 2;6:27131. doi: 10.1038/srep27131

Table 3. Brain regions showing greater and less activity in PTSD vs. TEC (voxelwise uncorrected p < 0.005 and FWHM 20 mm).

Brain Regions Maximum
Cluster
MNI coordinates x, y, z SDM value p-value No. of voxel Breakdown (no. of voxels)
Pooled meta-analysis
PTSD > TEC
  L superior frontal gyrus, medial orbital, BA 11 −2, 48, −10 2.915 1.45E-05 1407 R superior frontal gyrus, medial orbital, BA 11 (448)
          L superior frontal gyrus, medial orbital, BA 11 (431)
          L gyrus rectus, BA 11 (214)
          R gyrus rectus, BA 11 (180)
          L anterior cingulate/paracingulate gyri, BA 10 (118)
          R anterior cingulate//paracingulate gyri, BA 11 (16)
  L supramarginal gyrus, BA 48 −54, −28, 32 1.745 0.001651 169 L supramarginal gyrus, BA 48 (117)
          L superior temporal gyrus, BA 42 (51)
          L rolandic operculum, BA 48 (1)
  R middle frontal gyrus, BA 46 40, 42, 36 1.676 0.002254 59 R middle frontal gyrus, BA 46 (59)
PTSD < TEC
  R Heschl’s gyrus, BA 48 38, −22, 8 −1.681 0.000941 370 R insula, BA 48 (141)
          R rolandic operculum, BA 48 (104)
          R Heschl’s gyrus, BA 48 (85)
          External_capsule_R (29)
          R superior temporal gyrus, BA 48 (11)
  R calcarine fissure/surrounding cortex, BA 18 14, −78, 2 −1.874 0.000476 362 R calcarine fissure/surrounding cortex, BA 17 (259)
          R lingual gyrus, BA 18 (67)
          R cuneus cortex, BA 17 (34)
          L calcarine fissure/surrounding cortex (1)
          R superior occipital gyrus, BA 18 (1)
  R fusiform gyrus, BA 37 38, −56, −14 −1.69 0.000904 88 R fusiform gyrus, BA 37 (83)
          R cerebellum, BA 37 (5)
  R caudate nucleus 8, 6, 8 −1.48 0.004387 5 R caudate nucleus (5)
Subgroup meta-analysis of studies without comorbidity
 PTSD > TEC
  L superior frontal gyrus, medial orbital, BA 11 −2, 48, −12 3.425 9.29E-06 2012 R superior frontal gyrus, medial orbital, BA 11 (612)
          L superior frontal gyrus, medial orbital, BA 11 (545)
          L gyrus rectus, BA 11 (347)
          R gyrus rectus, BA 11 (242)
          L anterior cingulate/paracingulate gyri, BA 10 (210)
          R anterior cingulate/paracingulate gyri, BA 11 (52)
          L anterior corona radiata (3)
          L olfactory cortex (1)
  R middle frontal gyrus, BA 46 42, 42, 34 1.522 0.00243 100 R middle frontal gyrus, BA 46 (100)
 PTSD < TEC
  R fusiform gyrus, BA 37 42, −58, −18 −1.743 0.000846 307 R cerebellum, BA 37 (154)
          R fusiform gyrus, BA 37 (151)
          R inferior temporal gyrus, BA 37 (2)
  R calcarine fissure/surrounding cortex, BA 18 16, −98, 0 −1.739 0.00086 542 R calcarine fissure/surrounding cortex, BA 17 (338)
          R lingual gyrus, BA 18 (104)
          R cuneus cortex, BA 17 (68)
          L calcarine fissure/surrounding cortex (22)
          R superior occipital gyrus, BA 18 (9)
          L cuneus cortex, BA 18 (1)
  R rolandic operculum, BA 48 50, −12, 12 −1.524 0.00188 207 R rolandic operculum, BA 48 (68)
          R insula, BA 48 (54)
          R Heschl’s gyrus, BA 48 (30)
          R external capsule (27)
          R superior temporal gyrus, BA 48 (25)
          R lenticular nucleus, putamen, BA 48 (3)
Subgroup meta-analysis of studies without medication
 PTSD > TEC
  R gyrus rectus, BA 11 4, 46, −18 2.026 0.000549 648 R superior frontal gyrus, medial orbital, BA 11 (322)
          L superior frontal gyrus, medial orbital, BA 11 (156)
          R gyrus rectus, BA 11 (95)
          L gyrus rectus, BA 11 (53)
          L anterior cingulate/paracingulate gyri, BA 10 (22)
  R middle frontal gyrus, BA 46 40, 40, 30 2.024 0.000569 147 R middle frontal gyrus, BA 46 (147)
 PTSD < TEC
  R Heschl’s gyrus, BA 48 44, −16, 10 −2.024 0.000249 381 R insula, BA 48 (133)
          R rolandic operculum, BA 48 (115)
          R Heschl’s gyrus, 0.000249 (76)
          R external capsule (36)
          R superior temporal gyrus, BA 48 (21)
  R calcarine fissure/surrounding cortex, BA 18 12, −92, 8 −2.389 1.03E-05 405 R calcarine fissure/surrounding cortex, BA 18 (270)
          R lingual gyrus, BA 18 (76)
          R cuneus cortex (53)
          R superior occipital gyrus, BA 18 (3)
          L calcarine fissure/surrounding cortex, BA 17 (3)
  R fusiform gyrus, BA 37 38, −56, −14 −2.123 0.000135 145 R fusiform gyrus, BA 37 (125)
          R lingual gyrus, BA 19 (16)
          R cerebellum, BA 37 (3)
          R inferior temporal gyrus, BA 37 (1)

L, Left; R, right; BA, Brodmann area; MNI, Montreal Neurological Institute; SDM, signed differential mapping.