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. 2016 Jul 2;25:128–137. doi: 10.1016/j.dcn.2016.06.005

Table 2.

Brain regions showing a general age effect (main effect of age).

MNI Coordinates
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.