Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Psychiatr Res. 2017 Dec 28;102:123–131. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2017.12.018

Table 2.

Functional connectivity results during real tVNS and sham tVNS (NAcL, left NAc; NAcR, right NAc).

Cluster size Brain regions MNI
Z value
X Y Z
Slow-5 Real tVNS
 NAcL 4133 Bilateral NAc/putamen/caudate −12 6 −12 7.41
Bilateral OFC/MPFC/sgACC/rACC/dACC −8 46 −12 4.23
Left insula −26 14 −18 4.17
327 Bilateral dACC 2 40 22 5.06
262 Bilateral MPFC 4 60 22 3.47
296 Left cerebellum −18 −86 −34 5.16
432 Left angular gyrus −56 −72 30 4.21
 NAcR 3672 Bilateral NAc / putamen /caudate 12 8 −12 7.66
Bilateral OFC/MPFCsgACC 6 24 −10 4.55
Sham tVNS
 NAcL 2488 Bilateral NAc/putamen/caudate −12 6 −12 7.98
Bilateral OFC/MPFC/sgACC/rACC 10 40 −4 4.47
 NAcR 5476 Bilateral NAc/putamen/caudate 14 8 −10 7.62
Bilateral OFC/MPFC/sgACC/rACC/dACC −8 44 −20 4.97
Slow-4 Real tVNS
 NAcL 1580 Bilateral NAc/putamen/caudate −14 8 −12 7.51
295 Bilateral OFC/MPFC/sgACC −2 46 −12 4.02
 NAcR 3893 Bilateral NAc/putamen/caudate 12 10 −12 Inf
560 Left OFC/MPFC/sgACC/rACC −2 42 −18 3.66
340 Right superior temporal gyrus 66 −28 20 4.81
336 Left insula −24 −8 2 4.51
272 Left postcentral gyrus −32 −14 70 4.32
Sham tVNS
 NAcL 833 Left NAc/putamen/caudate −14 8 −12 Inf
707 Right NAc/putamen 26 4 −10 3.55
387 Bilateral OFC/MPFC/rACC −12 50 0 4.22
 NAcR 2939 Bilateral NAc/putamen/caudate 12 10 −10 Inf
Bilateral OFC/MPFC/sgACC −4 34 −14 5.35
606 Bilateral OFC/MPFC/rACC 2 62 12 4.67
Typical Low Real tVNS
 NAcL 4192 Bilateral NAc/putamen/caudate −12 8 −10 Inf
Bilateral OFC/MPFC/sgACC/rACC −14 64 −2 4.06
341 Bilateral cerebellum −6 −86 −26 3.77
 NAcR 8907 Bilateral NAc/putamen/caudate 12 10 −12 Inf
Bilateral OFC/MPFC/sgACC/rACC 0 30 −8 4.33
Bilateral amygdala/hippocampus/insula −26 −10 −16 4.23
493 Right inferior temporal gyrus 56 6 −10 4.80
339 Left postcentral gyrus/precentral gyrus −26 −28 70 4.03
Sham tVNS
 NAcL 4988 Bilateral NAc/putamen/caudate −14 8 −12 Inf
Bilateral OFC/MPFC/sgACC/rACC −4 38 6 4.10
 NAcR 5956 Bilateral NAc/putamen/caudate 14 8 −10 Inf
Bilateral OFC/MPFC/sgACC/rACC −10 42 24 4.21