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. 2011 Oct 22;34(1):62–76. doi: 10.1002/hbm.21414

Table I.

Brain regions where salty‐congruent combination of odor and taste induced significantly higher neural activations than odorless air combination

Brain region Voxel size x y z T value Z score P value
(Congruent odor + STlow+high) − (odorless air + STlow+high)
 Inferior FO 7 48 14 4 3.09 3.04 0.001
 Anterior cingulate cortex 8 6 41 4 2.91 2.87 0.002
 Middle frontal gyrus 9 27 53 13 2.92 2.88 0.002
 Inferior frontal gyrus 28 36 35 16 3.30 3.23 0.001
48 35 16 2.89 2.85 0.002
 Extranuclear 13 −24 −25 −2 3.27 3.20 0.001
(Congruent odor + STlow) − (odorless air + STlow)
 Rolandic operculum 18 60 −4 13 3.29 3.23 0.001
 Anterior cingulate cortex 3 6 44 4 2.76 2.72 0.003
 Insula 12 27 14 −20 3.16 3.11 0.001
 Superior frontal gyrus 6 24 50 13 2.92 2.87 0.002
 Middle frontal gyrus 4 27 47 −5 2.89 2.85 0.002
 Superior temporal gyrus 3 45 −13 −8 2.79 2.75 0.003
 Inferior occipital gyrus 5 30 −88 −14 3.01 2.96 0.002
 Angular gyrus 8 57 −55 25 3.07 3.02 0.001
(Congruent odor + SThigh) − (odorless air + SThigh)
 Inferior frontal gyrus 26 36 35 16 3.55 3.47 0.000
48 32 16 2.85 2.81 0.002
 Medial frontal gyrus 7 9 59 −5 2.88 2.83 0.002
 Medial frontal gyrus 5 9 59 13 2.73 2.69 0.004
 Extranuclear 8 −24 −28 −5 3.23 3.16 0.001

STlow and SThigh: low and high concentrations of salty taste solution, respectively. x, y, z indicates MNI coordinates. All reported activations were significant at P uncorrected < 0.005 (≥3 voxels).