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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Sex Med. 2017 Oct 3;14(11):1380–1391. doi: 10.1016/j.jsxm.2017.08.014

Table 1.

Significant findings with coordinates of max z-score for main analyses

z-score x y z
Whole brain
 Orgasm > early stimulation
  Left
   Amygdala latero-basal 2.33 −26 −18 −20
   Broca area 44 3.45 −46 10 12
   Broca area 45 2.86 −40 14 24
   Caudate 3.47 −10 12 6
   Cerebellum 3.47 −8 −52 −16
   Corticospinal tract 3.43 −32 −26 36
   Frontal operculum cortex 3.06 −42 10 12
   Hippocampus 3.07 −26 −30 −16
   Inferior frontal gyrus pars opercularis 3.45 −46 10 12
   Inferior parietal lobule 3.65 −58 −48 34
   Insula 3.54 −40 −22 −4
   Middle frontal gyrus 3.23 −30 2 48
   Nucleus accumbens 2.92 −14 20 −2
   Pallidum 2.70 −26 −22 −2
   Parietal operculum 3.49 −32 −28 6
   Pons 2.40 −18 −28 −30
   Putamen 3.15 −34 −18 −6
   Superior frontal gyrus 2.69 −28 4 50
   Superior temporal gyrus—posterior 3.61 −60 −42 16
   Supramarginal gyrus—anterior 3.76 −40 −32 38
   Supramarginal gyrus—posterior 3.62 −60 −42 16
   Temporal pole 2.79 −54 4 −4
   Thalamus 3.39 −14 −8 16
   WM cingulum 2.53 −6 −30 28
  Right
   Broca area 44 3.35 46 6 16
   Caudate 3.51 14 −2 16
   Cerebellum 2.99 12 −38 −24
   Corticospinal tract 3.06 30 −26 44
   Inferior parietal lobule 3.22 54 −38 18
   Insula 3.29 44 −22 6
   Parietal operculum 3.64 42 4 16
   Pons 2.40 12 −32 −30
   Putamen 2.55 26 −14 14
   Supramarginal gyrus—posterior 3.72 50 −48 36
   Thalamus 3.39 14 −4 16
   WM cingulum 2.47 6 −48 26
  Midline
   Anterior cingulate gyrus 3.46 −4 −18 44
   Cerebellum 3.55 −2 −54 −10
   Fornix 3.24 −2 −6 10
   Mammillary body 3.06 6 −4 10
   Paracentral lobule 3.28 0 −38 50
   Posterior cingulate gyrus 3.73 4 −58 28
   Precuneus 3.73 4 −58 28
 Orgasm > early recovery
  Left
   Broca area 44 3.22 −46 8 10
   Broca area 45 3.01 −46 40 −2
   Caudate 3.25 −18 −16 20
   Central operculum cortex 3.23 −40 −4 20
   Cerebellum—crus I 3.29 −32 −74 −40
   Cerebellum—crus II 3.67 −30 −74 −44
   Cerebellum—crus VI 3.19 −22 −46 −24
   Dorsal medial prefrontal cortex 2.55 −14 34 32
   Frontal operculum cortex 3.11 −36 26 2
   Frontal pole 3.21 −42 40 −10
   Hippocampus—cornu ammonis 3.15 −30 −32 −8
   Hippocampus—entorhinal 3.23 −24 −26 −24
   Hippocampus—subiculum 3.12 −24 −26 −22
   Inferior frontal gyrus—pars opercularis 3.22 −46 8 10
   Insula 3.04 −34 −38 20
   Orbital frontal cortex 3.19 −36 30 −2
   Paracingulate gyrus 2.84 −10 30 32
   Parietal operculum—OP1 3.12 −64 −26 36
   Parietal operculum—OP2 2.90 −36 −16 24
   Parietal operculum—OP3 3.17 −38 −6 20
   Parietal operculum—OP4 3.01 −40 −8 14
   Putamen 2.72 −32 −8 0
   Superior frontal gyrus 3.39 −16 14 50
   Supramarginal gyrus—posterior 3.84 −56 −42 46
   Thalamus 3.15 −10 −20 14
   WM corticospinal tract 3.73 −40 −12 42
  Right
   Angular gyrus 3.73 52 −56 30
   Caudate 3.42 14 −2 16
   Cerebellum crus VI 3.37 8 −74 −12
   Insula 3.05 34 −28 22
   Lingual gyrus 3.56 6 −78 −12
   Parietal operculum—OP1 3.58 62 −24 30
   Parietal operculum—OP2 3.05 34 −28 22
   Parietal operculum—OP3 3.38 58 −20 26
   Parietal operculum—OP4 3.50 54 −22 26
   Precuneus cortex 3.23 6 −54 14
   Putamen 2.59 26 −14 14
   Superior temporal gyrus—posterior 3.43 64 −36 28
   Thalamus 3.25 14 −2 14
   WM corticospinal tract 3.22 28 −30 40
  Midline
   Cerebellum vermis VI 3.01 4 −76 −20
   Cingulate gyrus—anterior 3.26 −6 −18 44
   Cingulate gyrus—posterior 2.46 −10 −18 44

WM = white matter.