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. 2016 Jan 29;37(4):1514–1530. doi: 10.1002/hbm.23117

Table 3.

Peak MNI coordinates for contrast comparisons analysis between PAG subregions

Peak voxel, MNI coordinates
Region Z‐max x y Z
Ventrolateral > lateral
Right
PAG 8.12 4 −34 −16
Hypothalamus/thalamus 5.57 0 −30 −2
L putamen 4.58 −26 −4 8
R caudate 4.46 20 −2 14
L thalamus 4.26 −12 −8 4
Upper pons 4.11 4 −36 −24
Lower pons 3.93 −2 −38 −36
Medulla 3.92 4 −44 −54
L insulaa 3.03 −40 16 −2
Left
PAG/VTA/dorsal raphe 7.89 0 −32 −16
R frontal pole BA9 4.54 28 40 32
R middle frontal gyrus BA9 4.2 32 26 30
L cerebellum 3.96 −30 −68 −36
R angular gyrus (TPJp) 3.87 42 −50 34
R supramarginal gyrus (IPL) 3.81 56 −32 42
R thalamus 3.56 6 −16 −4
R upper pons/central gray 3.55 4 −36 −26
R upper/mid pons 3.54 4 −38 −30
Lateral > ventrolateral
Right
L precuneus cortex 4.35 −10 −56 56
L SPL BA5/S1 BA2 4.18 −20 −44 50
R/L occipital pole 3.59 −4 −90 10
L S1 3.53 −32 −40 50
R/L intracalcarine cortex 3.49 10 −86 12
L supramarginal gyrusa 3.33 −52 −34 50
Left
R/L occipital pole 4.38 14 −90 20
R/L superior temporal gyrus 4.58 −52 −40 6
R/L M1 BA4/SPL 3.99 −6 −36 56
R S1 BA3/S2 3.91 52 −8 22
R/L planum temporal (TPJa) 3.78 −40 −40 14
R/L superior temporal gyrus 3.5 −64 −30 2
R/L middle temporal gyrus 3.42 −54 −56 4
R lateral occipital cortex 3.43 30 −76 18
R premotor cortex BA6 3.33 60 4 30
R S2 3.19 56 −10 14
Ventrolateral > dorsolateral
Right
R PAG 9.39 4 −30 −12
R parahippocampal gyrus 5.85 22 −36 −14
R/L cerebellum 5.59 −12 −50 −22
R superior temporal gyrus 3.8 54 −22 −2
R middle temporal gyrus 3.65 62 −26 −6
L occipital pole/lateral occipital cortex 3.56 −26 −92 −2
L lingual gyrus 3.36 −20 −84 0
Left
L PAG 10 −2 −32 −12
R parahippocampal gyrus 5.63 22 −36 −14
R medulla 4.72 2 −42 −54
R upper pons 4.55 6 −34 −24
R mid pons 4.51 4 −38 −34
R temporal fusiform cortex/hippocampus 4.3 34 −28 −20
Dorsolateral > ventrolateral
Right
PAG 11 0 −32 −4
R/L thalamus 6.41 0 −28 6
Premotor cortex BA6 (SMA) 3.64 10 2 56
Cingulate gyrus (pMCC) 3.43 −4 −32 46
R M1 BA4 3.28 4 −36 58
R SPL/M1a 3.09 2 −38 52
Left
PAG 11.2 0 −32 −4
R/L thalamus 6.38 −2 −26 6
R premotor cortex BA6 (SMA) 4.05 10 0 58
L superior frontal gyrus 3.89 −22 10 58
R/L SPL/precuneous cortex 3.71 12 −20 58
L hippocampusa 3.40 −10 −40 2
L M1a 3.27 −10 −32 68
Lateral > dorsolateral
Right
PAG 6.86 8 −34 −6
R/L occipital pole/intracalcarine cortex 4.31 −2 −90 12
R occipital fusiform gyrus/lingual gyrus 4.1 22 −68 −8
R lateral occipital cortex 4.61 50 −76 4
R middle temporal gyrus 3.81 70 −32 −10
R superior temporal gyrus/lateral occipital cortex 3.6 58 −34 4
S1 BA1‐3 4.22 50 −28 54
R/L supramarginal gyrus/SPL BA7 4 40 −28 36
L S2/insular gyrus 4.32 −42 −30 20
R premotor cortex/M1a 3.31 34 −28 70
Left
L PAG 7.68 −6 −32 −10
R lingual gyrus 4.61 16 −44 −10
R/L occipital pole 4.54 14 −90 22
L substantia nigra 4.5 −14 −26 −12
R temporal occipital fusiform cortex 4.37 28 −56 −10
R/L middle temporal gyrus 4.05 −48 −26 −14
R/L superior temporal gyrus 4.05 −50 0 −20
L planum temporal 3.88 −40 −40 12
L mid‐insulaa 3.90 36 −8 14
L supramarginal gyrusa 3.58 −60 −48 14
Dorsolateral > lateral
Right
PAG 8.65 0 −32 −2
R/L thalamus 5.78 −4 −16 8
R premotor cortex BA6 (SMA) 3.85 6 −4 56
R paracingulate gyrus 3.56 4 8 48
Left
R PAG 7.24 0 −34 −2
R/L thalamus 5.08 −10 −12 12
R frontal pole 4.59 28 40 32
R middle frontal gyrus 4.37 34 32 42
R premotor cortex/SMA 4.23 6 −8 62
L/R putamena 4.88 −24 −6 10
L/R caudatea 4.33 −16 0 18
L insulaa 3.50 −34 6 6
L/R amygdalaa 2.91 26 0 −12

MNI coordinates (in mm) are reported at maximum peak and are corrected for multiple comparisons using family‐wise error correction at Z > 2.3 and P < 0.05. BA, Brodmann area; IPL, inferior parietal lobule; L, left; M1, primary motor cortex; PAG, periaqueductal gray; R, right; S1, primary somatosensory cortex; S2, secondary somatosensory cortex; SMA, supplementary motor area; SPL, superior parietal lobule; TPJa, temporoparietal junction, anterior division; TPJp, temporoparietal junction, posterior division.

a

Subcluster peak coordinates.