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. 2019 May 20;14(5):e0216994. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0216994

Table 2. Brain regions and their functions where differences in functional connectivity were observed between SCD adults with and without chronic pain.

Function Sensory processing Motor processing/ executive function Emotion Memory/Learning
Brain Region Right superior temporal gyrus Right insula Right superior temporal gyrus Right cerebellum
Right insula Right/left superior frontal gyrus Right insula Left lingual gyrus
Right postcentral gyrus (i.e. 1° somatosensory cortex) Medial frontal gyrus Right/left inferior parietal lobule Left precuneus
Right/left inferior parietal lobule* Right cerebellum Right cerebellum Left superior parietal lobule
Right/left superior frontal gyrus Left precuneus Left lingual gyrus Left posterior cingulate cortex
Left lingual gyrus Left precuneus
Left inferior occipital gyrus Left posterior cingulate cortex
Left middle occipital gyrus
Left middle temporal gyrus
Left precuneus
Left inferior parietal lobule
Left superior parietal lobule
Left supramarginal gyrus

*Bold = regions associated with the default mode network (DMN).