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. 2010 Nov 24;30(47):15726–15734. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1856-10.2010

Table 2.

Regional brain activation

Region x y z Z
Regional brain activation during task 1 (active regulation)
    Negative > neutral
        Healthy control subjects
            Amygdala R 24 −4 −16 4.26
L −24 −4 −22 4.88
            Ventral striatum R 8 0 −2 6.87
            Dorsomedial prefrontal cortex L −6 54 24 6.83
            Ventrolateral prefrontal cortex L −42 22 −20 6.59
            Fusiform gyrus R 45 −56 −20 5.73
L −42 −50 −22 5.87
        MDD patients
            Amygdala R 24 0 −22 5.30
L −20 −4 −20 4.87
            Dorsomedial prefrontal cortex 0 60 22 6.82
            Ventrolateral prefrontal cortex R 28 20 −24 6.51
L −36 22 −20 5.58
            Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex R 58 26 28 6.39
            Fusiform gyrus R 44 −56 −20 7.62
L −40 −60 −16 8.00
    Regulation > no regulation
        Healthy control subjects
            Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex R 40 26 46 5.85
42 44 24 5.79
            Inferior parietal cortex R 60 −56 38 7.40
        MDD patients
            Inferior parietal cortex R 62 −48 32 6.45
L −58 −36 40 5.67
    No regulation negative > neutral
        Healthy controls
            Amygdala R 24 −4 −16 3.69
L −22 −4 −22 3.27
            Dorsomedial prefrontal cortex 4 38 56 4.77
            Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex R 54 22 30 4.80
            Fusiform gyrus R 48 −72 −18 5.18
L −38 −60 −14 4.80
        MDD patients
            Amygdala R 24 −2 −22 3.98
L −30 −4 −16 3.89
            Dorsomedial prefrontal cortex 0 54 32 4.83
            Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex R 56 24 30 5.35
            Fusiform gyrus R 40 −66 −18 6.26
L −40 −60 −16 6.21
    Negative no regulation > regulation
        Healthy control subjects
            Amygdala R 24 −4 −16 4.46
L −24 −8 −16 3.99
            Ventral striatum R 8 0 −4 5.25
            Hippocampus R 24 −22 −14 5.90
L 20 −36 −12 5.33
            Lingual gyrus R 2 −90 −6 7.73
L −6 −94 −6 7.73
        MDD patients
            Amygdala R 22 −6 −14 3.37
L −22 −8 −16 3.21
            Hippocampus R 16 −28 −12 5.03
            Lingual gyrus R 28 −94 −2 6.13
L −20 −98 0 6.08
    Negative regulation > no regulation
        Healthy control subjects
            Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex R 42 44 24 5.15
42 32 40 5.08
26 6 52 4.79
            Inferior parietal cortex R 60 −46 30 6.93
        MDD patients
            Inferior parietal cortex R 62 −48 30 5.53
L −60 −36 38 5.31
        Healthy control subjects > MDD patients
            Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex R 36 44 28 3.55
Negative > Neutral (Regulation > No Regulation)
Healthy control subjects
            Inferior parietal/superior temporal cortex R 48 −62 16 5.75
L −54 −60 16 5.22
MDD patients
            Inferior parietal/superior temporal cortex R 52 −60 12 5.65
Regional brain activation during task 2 (passive viewing)
    Negative > neutral
        Healthy control subjects
            Amygdala R 20 0 −24 4.71
L −20 −2 −26 2.97
        MDD patients
            Amygdala R 20 −4 −16 3.06
L −26 −2 −20 4.14
            Inferior frontal gyrus L −58 16 14 4.92
            Fusiform gyrus R 48 −48 −26 6.20
L −44 −68 −20 6.77
    Negative no regulation > regulation
        Healthy control subjects
            Amygdala L −22 −4 −22 3.88
R 22 2 −20 3.47
        Healthy control subjects > MDD patients
            Amygdala R 22 2 −20 3.26
L −18 −6 −18 2.85
    Negative > neutral (regulation > no regulation)
        Healthy control subjects
            Amygdala R 24 0 −14 3.61
L −24 −6 −14 3.19
        Healthy control subjects > MDD patients
            Amygdala R 22 −2 −20 3.24
L −22 −6 −20 3.01

R, Right; L, left; x, y, z, respective MNI coordinates of peak voxel activation; Z, Z value; all results p < 0.05 family-wise error corrected for multiple comparisons across whole brain;

p < 0.05 family-wise error corrected for anatomical a priori ROI.