Table 4.
Correlation analysis between the post-treatment and pretreatment subjective pain rating changes and fMRI signal changes on placebo and control sides
|
Correlation |
Area (Brodmann area) |
Z score |
r score of peak voxel |
Number of voxels in cluster |
Peak coordinate (x, y, z) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Negative | Left inferior frontal gyrus (47) | 3.69 | -0.80 | 52 | -22, 12, -20 |
| Right inferior frontal gyrus (44) | 3.15 | -0.72 | 20 | 28, 48, 2 | |
| Left inferior frontal cortex (46) | 3.06 | -0.71 | 41 | -48, 40, 6 | |
| Right middle frontal gyrus (6) | 3.01 | -0.70 | 21 | 26, 0, 48 | |
| Bilateral rACC (24) | 2.82 | -0.67 | 22 | 10, 36, -2 | |
| Right fusiform gyrus (37) | 2.83 | -0.68 | 27 | -50, -48, -20 | |
| Right parahippocampus | 3.49 | -0.78 | 40 | 12, -32, -4 | |
| Left cerebellum | 3.38 | -0.75 | 25 | -32, -72, 30 | |
| Right cerebellum | 2.88 | -0.67 | 26 | 36, -60, -44 | |
| Right pons | 3.70 | -0.80 | 64 | 10, -32, -26 | |
| Positive |
Nothing above threshold |
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The threshold is set to p < 0.005 with 20 continuous voxels. Peak coordinates refer to the MNI atlas.