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) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.