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. 2019 Jan 9;46(5):1179–1183. doi: 10.1007/s00259-018-4252-4

Table 2.

Mean [11C]ABP688 BPND is higher in men than in women across the brain

Region Men,
mean ± SD BPND
Women,
mean ± SD BPND
% Difference
(men > women)
p-value
mPFC 1.1 ± 0.26 0.94 ± 0.17 16% 0.0097
dlPFC 1.0 ± 0.25 0.83 ± 0.16 20% 0.0045
OFC 0.95 ± 0.22 0.78 ± 0.14 22% 0.00093
Associative striatum 1.3 ± 0.22 1.1 ± 0.18 16% 0.00068
Sensorimotor striatum 1.0 ± 0.18 0.86 ± 0.14 17% 0.00016
Ventral striatum 1.4 ± 0.24 1.2 ± 0.18 17% 0.00029
Insula 1.3 ± 0.21 1.1 ± 0.17 17% 0.000081
Hippocampus 0.72 ± 0.18 0.64 ± 0.14 13% 0.041
Amygdala 0.76 ± 0.18 0.69 ± 0.15 11% 0.062
Summary BP ND 1.0 ± 0.20 0.89 ± 0.15 17% 0.00037

mPFC, medial prefrontal cortex; dlPFC, dorsolateral prefrontal cortex; OFC, orbitofrontal cortex; p values from two-tailed t-tests. Summary BPND was computed as the unweighted mean of all regions