Table 2.
Brain regions showing a general age effect (main effect of age).
MNI Coordinates |
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Region | Hemisphere | # Voxels | F | x | y | z |
Age predicts less activation | ||||||
vmPFC | L | 395 | 31.23 | −3 | 45 | −9 |
Subgenual ACC | L | 38 | 20.62 | −9 | 36 | −9 |
Subgenual ACC | M | 53 | 21.22 | 0 | 30 | −6 |
Pregenual ACC | R | 56 | 28.40 | 3 | 30 | 3 |
Dorsal ACC | M | 36 | 18.49 | 0 | 33 | 18 |
Caudate | L | 41 | 29.23 | −12 | 15 | 3 |
Caudate | L | 24 | 24.21 | −6 | 6 | −3 |
Caudate | R | 39 | 21.23 | 9 | 9 | −6 |
Putamen | L | 33 | 26.84 | −18 | 12 | −9 |
Amygdala | L | 118 | 37.70 | −27 | −9 | −15 |
Hippocampus | L | 24 | 25.16 | −21 | −9 | −27 |
Anterior insula | L | 29 | 19.41 | −42 | 6 | −18 |
Amygdala | R | 41 | 24.94 | 30 | −3 | −24 |
Superior temporal gyrus |
L | 33 | 20.26 | −60 | −24 | 0 |
Superior temporal gyrus |
L | 20 | 20.23 | −51 | −18 | −3 |
Cerebellum | R | 114 | 21.86 | 3 | −57 | −21 |
Cerebellum | R | 32 | 21.82 | 9 | −48 | −18 |
Cerebellum | R | 37 | 21.82 | 9 | −48 | −18 |
Age predicts more activation | ||||||
Inferior and middle frontal gyri | L | 31 | 23.57 | −51 | 12 | 30 |
Inferior parietal lobule | L | 52 | 28.78 | −36 | −39 | 33 |
Brain regions identified by the main effect of age (i.e., aversive and neutral stimuli compared to fixation). R = right, L = left, M = medial. For hemisphere, F = maximum F statistic for a given cluster. Subclusters that contained 20 or more voxels are reported under their supracluster.