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. 2008 Jan 23;28(4):923–931. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4012-07.2008

Table 4.

fMRI signal increases specifically related to the observation of painful or disgusting stimuli

Cluster level
Voxel level
MNI coordinates (mm)
Talairach coordinates (mm)
k p z p x y Z x y z
Painful > disgusting [(P − N) − (D − N)]
    L postcentral gyrus/parietal operculum (BA 43) 157 < 0.001 3.98 < 0.001 −62 −18 32 −61 −16 30
3.77 < 0.001 −52 −24 12 −51 −23 12
3.44 < 0.001 −60 −20 16 −59 −19 16
    L postcentral gyrus/L posterior parietal cortex 192 < 0.001 4.25 < 0.001 −38 −42 60 −38 −38 57
4.02 < 0.001 −34 −38 50 −34 −35 48
3.52 < 0.001 −32 −50 66 −32 −45 63
    L Postcentral gyrus/inferior parietal lobule (BA 40) 112 0.001 3.96 <0.001 −56 −26 40 −55 −23 38
Disgusting > painful [(D − N) − (P − N)]
    R posterior cingulate (BA 31) 38 < 0.05 3.61 < 0.001 18 −58 22 18 −55 23
    R medial parietal cortex (BA 7) 159 < 0.001 4.09 < 0.001 16 −76 40 16 −72 40
    R medial parietal cortex (BA 7) 34 0.05 3.50 < 0.001 14 −62 54 14 −58 53

L, Left; R, right; BA, Brodmann area.