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

Table III.

Brain regions where salty‐congruent odor relative to incongruent odor induced significantly higher neural activations in relation to tastant concentration

Brain region Voxel size x y z T value Z score P value
(Congruent odor + STlow) − (incongruent odor + STlow)
 Inferior FO 3 60 11 19 3.06 3.01 0.001
 Anterior cingulate cortex 8 6 20 16 2.84 2.80 0.003
6 29 16 2.74 2.70 0.003
 Cingulate gyrus 12 −12 −10 31 3.59 3.51 0.000
 Insula/anterior 8 42 11 −5 2.93 2.88 0.002
 Insula/anterior 7 −39 11 −8 2.82 2.77 0.003
 Insula/middle 4 −39 −22 19 2.95 2,90 0.002
 Superior frontal gyrus 12 21 41 22 3.07 3.01 0.001
 Medial frontal gyrus 10 18 50 7 2.98 2.93 0.002
 Middle frontal gyrus 3 39 41 13 3.17 3.11 0.001
 Middle frontal gyrus 3 −30 59 7 2.83 2.79 0.003
 Inferior frontal gyrus 4 −51 26 10 2.98 2.93 0.002
 Precentral gyrus 6 39 −13 28 2.92 2.88 0.002
 Superior temporal gyrus 98 36 −40 16 4.35 4.21 0.000
57 −40 10 3.32 3.26 0.001
 Rolandic operculum 51 −31 22 3.29 3.23 0.001
 Superior temporal gyrus 8 −60 −64 16 3.53 3.45 0.000
 Superior temporal gyrus 18 −42 2 −14 3.26 3.20 0.001
 Superior temporal gyrus 13 42 2 −29 3.26 3.19 0.001
36 2 −20 2.97 2.92 0.002
 Superior temporal gyrus 8 54 −25 −5 3.09 3.03 0.001
 Superior temporal gyrus 4 48 −10 −5 2.72 2.68 0.004
 Middle temporal gyrus 15 48 −61 4 3.49 3.41 0.000
 Middle temporal gyrus 25 48 −70 19 3.07 3.02 0.001
54 −76 10 2.98 2.93 0.002
57 −70 19 2.94 2.89 0.002
 Angular gyrus 28 57 −55 25 3.38 3.31 0.000
 Claustrum 30 30 −1 16 3.24 3.18 0.001
(Congruent odor + SThigh) − (incongruent odor + SThigh)
 Insula/posterior 3 −33 −34 19 2.90 2.86 0.002
 Cingulate gyrus 21 12 −1 31 3.61 3.53 0.000
 Hippocampus 7 −24 −25 −8 3.18 3.12 0.001
 Amygdala 4 21 5 −17 2.69 2.65 0.004
 Caudoparietal OFC 4 −45 35 −17 2.81 2.76 0.003
 Middle frontal gyrus 6 27 32 31 2.83 2.79 0.003
 Inferior frontal gyrus 3 45 26 13 2.71 2.67 0.004
 Superior temporal gyrus 12 57 −28 7 3.48 3.41 0.000
 Inferior temporal gyrus 3 57 −22 −20 2.95 2.90 0.002
 Extranuclear 3 −18 −13 13 2.78 2.74 0.003

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