Table 2.
Location of significant posterior cingulate cortex connectivity decreases within the default mode network in individuals with chronic pain (A) and during tonic pain (B). Locations are in Montreal Neurological Institute (MNI) space.
| Cluster size | t value | MNI co-ordinate | 
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| X | Y | Z | |||
| (A) Chronic pain | |||||
| Precuneus | 48 | 3.87 | 0 | − 72 | 40 | 
| Inferior parietal cortex | |||||
| Left | 24 | 3.41 | − 46 | − 68 | 36 | 
| Right | 10 | 2.90 | 50 | − 68 | 40 | 
| Medial prefrontal cortex | 29 | 3.76 | 12 | 40 | 50 | 
| 10 | 3.48 | 6 | 66 | 8 | |
| (B) Tonic pain | |||||
| Right inferior parietal cortex | 21 | 4.05 | 48 | − 68 | 30 | 
| Medial prefrontal cortex | |||||
| Left | 16 | 3.91 | − 2 | 58 | − 4 | 
| Right | 18 | 3.00 | 2 | 56 | − 6 |