Table 3. Brain areas showing significant functional coupling with the amygdala during perception of fearful compared to neutral expressions, as revealed by PPI analysis.
Lobe | Area | Hemisphere | Voxel size | MNI Coordinates |
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(2 mm3) | X | Y | Z | |||
Frontal | ||||||
dlPFC (MFG) | L | 48 | −47 | 12 | 46 | |
R | 113 | 44 | 19 | 46 | ||
PreCG | L | 268 | −43 | −5 | 53 | |
R | 290 | 50 | 2 | 48 | ||
Parietal | ||||||
PostCG | L | 461 | −48 | −20 | 54 | |
R | 342 | 58 | −14 | 43 | ||
SMG | L | 153 | −62 | −30 | 26 | |
Temporal | ||||||
STS | L | 45 | −52 | −48 | 9 | |
STG | L | 346 | −48 | −41 | 15 | |
MTG | R | 175 | 45 | −58 | 17 | |
Occipital | ||||||
V1 | R | 88 | 16 | −64 | 15 | |
MOG | R | 174 | 41 | −75 | 6 |
Abbreviations: PFC, prefrontal cortex; MFG, middle frontal gyrus; MOG, middle occipital gyrus; MTG, middle temporal gyrus; PostCG, postcentral gyrus; PreCG, precentral gyrus; SMG, supramarginal gyrus; STG, superior temporal gyrus; STS, superior temporal sulcus; V1, primary visual cortex.