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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Sep 28.
Published in final edited form as: J Biosci. 2015 Jun;40(2):355–364. doi: 10.1007/s12038-015-9509-5

Table 2.

Brain Regions involved in empathy task in healthy subjects and patients with schizophrenia

Hemisphere Localization of peak voxels MNI coordinates t-Value Cluster size (voxels)
Controls
 L Middle temporal gyrus −42 −58 10 20.11 2137
 L Inferior occipital gyrus −42 −82 −11 14.95
 L Middle occipital gyrus −36 −91 −5 14.37
 L Fusiform gyrus −36 −46 −20 14.07
 R Inferior occipital gyrus 27 −94 −5 13.46 1628
 R Calcarine gyrus 24 −97 1 13.01
 R Middle temporal gyrus 48 −64 −2 12.50
 R Middle occipital gyrus 33 −82 4 10.73
 R Fusiform gyrus 39 −46 −20 8.78
 R Lingual gyrus 21 −85 −5 8.51
 L Cerebellum −9 −73 −41 10.39 177
 R Cerebellum 15 −70 −38 6.90
 R Thalamus 18 −28 −2 11.16 109
 R Superior parietal lobule 24 −49 49 9.41 98
Patients
 R Calcarine gyrus 21 −100 1 8.53 662
 R Inferior occipital gyrus 27 −91 −5 7.54
 R Fusiform gyrus 42 −49 −17 6.37
 L Middle occipital gyrus −27 −97 −5 9.75 608
 L Inferior occipital gyrus −42 −79 −11 6.65
 L Fusiform Gyrus −39 −49 −17 6.74
Controls > Patients
 L Lingual gyrus −24 −91 −14 5.01 112
 L Inferior occipital gyrus (BA18) −36 −85 −11 4.55
 L Middle occipital gyrus −48 −76 10 4.22
Patients > Controls
No significant activation

L, Left; R, Right; BA, Brodmann’s Area.