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. 2008 Dec 23;30(8):2426–2439. doi: 10.1002/hbm.20680

Table IV.

Water versus saliva swallowing: location of significant ALE maxima

Cluster Brain region BA x y z Volume (mm) ALE (×10−3)
Water swallowing > saliva swallowing
 1 R Inferior parietal lobule 40 38 −56 36 864 19.56
 2 R Postcentral gyrus 43 58 −8 20 560 14.18
 3 R Insula 13 40 4 8 224 10.86
 4 L Paracentral lobule 4 −6 −36 64 200 11.11
 5 L Medial frontal gyrus 10 0 52 6 136 10.45
Saliva swallowing > water swallowing
 6a R Cingulate gyrus 32 4 8 40 1,144 −10.12
 6b L Cingulate gyrus 32 −8 8 40 1,144 −11.68
 6c R Medial frontal gyrus 6 2 −2 48 1,144 −14.00
 7 L Precentral gyrus 43 −56 −6 12 568 −14.17
 8 R Precentral gyrus 6 46 −10 36 328 −13.42

BA, Brodmann area.

Activated brain regions, stereotaxic coordinates according to Talairach and Tournoux [1988] of the voxel with highest local activation likelihood (ALE) in a cluster, cluster volumes and activation likelihood of the local maximum.