Table 2. Activated brain regions obtained from the SPM8 (statistical parametric mapping) whole-brain analysis for the following contrasts: starch group less activated than glucose group (Starch < Glucose), and starch group less activated than fructose group (Starch < Fructose).

There was no statistical difference between glucose and fructose groups.

		Starch < Glucose				Starch < Fructose
Brain regions	Hemisphere	x	y	z	Peak T	x	y	z	Peak T
Anterior prefrontal cortex	R					2	28	0	9.43
Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex	R					8	38	6	11.03
Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex	L	-10	34	6	11.01
Ventral anterior cingulate cortex	L					-2	18	10	4.39
Dorsal anterior cingulate cortex	L	-2	38	2	12.78	0	26	2	5.42
Dorsal anterior cingulate cortex	R					2	26	2	8.83
Insular cortex	R	14	16	12	13.69
Insular cortex	L	-14	12	14	13.38
Primary somatosensory cortex	L					-18	20	14	9.63
Anteroventral thalamic nucleus	R					4	8	8	8.66
Mediodorsal thalamic nucleus	L	-2	2	2	13.95
Somatosensory association cortex	R	20	44	16	8.83
Parahippocampal cortex	L	-6	-14	10	10.24

The peak T-value and stereotaxic coordinates (x, y, z in mm) in the CA—CP (commissura anterior—commissura posterior) reference plane are indicated for each significant cluster (cluster size ≥5 voxels), for the left (L) and right (R) hemispheres. The P-value uncorrected of the peak of maximal intensity was set at P < 0.001 for all the clusters.