Table 1.
Brain regions showing significant activation during picture encoding and recognition and effects of Epo (n = 11) versus placebo (n = 12; thresholded at z = 2.0 and p < 0.05, corrected)
| Task and region | z-value | Coordinates |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| x | y | z | ||
| Picture encoding | ||||
| Main effect of task | ||||
| Right calcarine sulcus (BA 17) | 7.18 | 8 | −86 | −4 |
| Left anterior cingulate gyrus (BA 32) | 4.45 | −4 | 2 | 54 |
| Right inferior frontal gyrus (BA 44) | 5.64 | 48 | 6 | 32 |
| Epo > Placebo | ||||
| Left precuneus (BA 19) | 3.38 | −14 | −86 | 40 |
| Left caudate body | 3.53 | −10 | 12 | 18 |
| Picture recognition | ||||
| Main effect of task | ||||
| Left fusiform gyrus (BA 37) | 8.43 | −36 | −56 | −14 |
| Epo > Placebo | ||||
| Left medial frontal gyrus (BA 9) | 3.21 | −8 | 46 | 46 |
| Right superior frontal gyrus (BA 9) | 3.26 | 14 | 48 | 40 |
| Left inferior temporal gyrus (BA 21) | 4.18 | −60 | −8 | −18 |
MNI coordinates (x, y, z) refer to peak activation within each cluster identified thresholded at z = 2.0 and p < 0.05, corrected. BA, Brodmann area.