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. 2009 Feb 4;29(5):1395–1403. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3341-08.2009

Table 5.

Brain regions showing main effects of low minus high attentional load

Brain areas L/R BA MNI coordinates
t valuea Cluster size (voxels)b
x y z
Group conjunction: MDD patients and controls for the low > high load contrast
    OFC (medial orbital) L 11 −16 38 −16 4.52 98
    OFC (medial orbital) R 11 8 40 −22 4.03 21
Group comparison: controls masked by MDD patients for the low > high load contrast
    Early visual (calcarine) R 17/18 12 −86 0 5.88 1401
    V4 R 18 22 −74 −8 5.73 c
    Early visual (calcarine) R 17/18 2 −82 20 4.63 c
    Precentral gyrus L 6 −34 0 −40 4.78 52
    Ant. lingual gyrus R 17 22 −54 6 3.81 35
    Ant. lingual gyrus R 18 12 −50 4 3.48 c
    OFC lateral L 11 −24 38 −18 3.81 11
Group comparison: MDD patients masked by controls for the low > high load contrast
    OFC (medial orbital) L 11 −16 44 −18 3.38 14
    OFC (medial orbital) R 11 16 40 −20 3.38 13
    OFC (rectus) R 11 4 38 −14 3.35 68
    Ant. cingulate (rostral subgenual) L 25 −6 30 −8 3.32 c

Ant, Anterior; OFC, orbitofrontal cortex; L, left; R, right; BA, Brodmann's area.

aAll p ≤ 0.001 uncorrected (random-effect analysis).

bThreshold cluster size of 5 voxels.

cBelongs to the same cluster as row above.