Table 3.
Associations between brain responses to evoked pain (BOLD), MOR availability (MOR BP), and McGill affective/ sensory pain ratios. Bolded regions were significantly associated with clinical pain.
Brain region | MNI co-ordinates (X Y Z) | Affective/Sensory Pain Ratio | |
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r | P | ||
Whole Brain | |||
MFG (BOLD) | −12, 2, 62 | −.518 | .027 |
MOR BP | −.629 | .005 | |
PCC (BOLD) | −8, −44, 40 | −.593 | .010 |
MOR BP | −.497 | .036 | |
pgACC/MFG (BOLD) | −16, 40, 38 | −.581 | .012 |
MOR BP | −.571 | .013 | |
Precentral (BOLD) | 32, −4, 34 | −.436 | .070 |
MOR BP | −.507 | .032 | |
DLPFC (BOLD) | −42, 8, 28 | −.331 | .179 |
MOR BP | −.246 | .324 | |
MTG (BOLD) | −58, −58, 4 | −.408 | .093 |
MOR BP | −.410 | .091 | |
sgACC (BOLD) | 8, 38, −2 | −.754 | <.001 |
MOR BP | −.545 | .019 | |
NAc (BOLD) | −18, 6, −12 | −.425 | .079 |
MOR BP | −.301 | .224 | |
Cerebellum (BOLD) | 28, −58, −40 | −.294 | .236 |
MOR BP | −.318 | .198 | |
ROI | |||
ACC (BOLD) | −12, 38, 28 | −.378 | .122 |
MOR BP | −.552 | .018 | |
NAc (BOLD) | −18, 6, −12 | −.425 | .079 |
MOR BP | −.301 | .224 |
MFG=medial frontal gyrus, BOLD = blood oxygen level-dependent, MOR= μ opioid receptor, BP= binding potential, ACC= anterior cingulate cortex, PCC = posterior cingulate cortex, pg = perigenual, d= dorsal, DLPFC = dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, MTG = middle temporal gyrus, sg = subgenual, ROI = region of interest, NAc= nucleus accumbens