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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 2.

Exploratory analysis and brainstem results: significant findings with coordinates of max z-score

z-score x y z
Whole brain
 Orgasm > late stimulation
  Right
   Angular gyrus 3.48 46 −58 28
   Broca area 44 3.22 −46 8 10
   Broca area 45 3.01 −46 40 −2
   Inferior frontal gyrus—pars opercularis 2.25 62 8 10
   Inferior frontal gyrus—pars triangularis 1.91 58 18 10
   Inferior parietal lobule 2.18 52 −22 28
   Lateral occipital cortex—superior 3.49 46 −58 28
   Middle temporal gyrus—temporooccipital 2.37 62 −48 16
   Parietal operculum—OP1 2.47 66 −24 28
   Parietal operculum—OP2 1.90 46 −26 20
   Parietal operculum—OP3 2.03 52 −2 18
   Parietal operculum—OP4 2.55 66 −6 18
   Planum temporale 2.29 60 −24 14
   Postcentral gyrus 2.61 64 −4 24
   Precentral gyrus 2.64 52 0 20
   Precuneus cortex 1.76 24 −58 30
   Superior parietal lobule 2.04 34 −56 38
   Superior temporal gyrus—posterior 2.43 66 −38 18
   Supramarginal gyrus—anterior 2.47 66 −24 28
   Supramarginal gyrus—posterior 3.15 48 −48 36
Brainstem
 Orgasm > early stimulation
  Left
   Nucleus cuneiformis 1.80 −6 −32 −20
   Pons 2.07 −10 −24 −26
   Substantia nigra 1.84 −6 −20 −20
  Right
   Pons 2.09 6 −30 −30
   Substantia nigra 2.02 6 −20 −20
  Midline
   Dorsal raphe 1.88 −2 −28 −16
   Ventral tegmental area 2.52 4 −24 −18
 Orgasm > late stimulation
  Left
   Pons 1.59 −6 −20 −24
   Substantia nigra 1.74 −10 −14 −12
  Right
   Pons 1.79 6 −26 −28
   Substantia nigra 1.54 8 −12 −14
  Midline
   Dorsal raphe 1.31 2 −28 −16
   Ventral tegmental area 1.04 2 −24 −18

WM = white matter.