Table II.

Cerebral regions activated in sexual conditions†

Brain region	BA	Hem	S‐N contrast				S‐N/S‐H/C‐A conjunction				S‐N/S‐H/B‐A conjunction
			Coordinates			Z scores	Coordinates			Z scores	Coordinates			Z scores
			x	y	z		x	y	z		x	y	z
Limbic/paralimbic cortex
Ant. cingulate, caudal	24/32	L	−4	6	36	6.00**	−6	6	34	8.72**	−4	6	32	8.00**
Ant. cingulate, rostral	24	L	0	36	10	3.89‡	−4	34	16	6.33**	−2	36	8	6.18**
Midcingulate	24	L	−16	−8	40	5.03**	−16	−8	40	5.82‡	−8	−4	36	5.65**
Gfd/cingulate	9/32	R	20	40	20	4.43	26	40	20	5.21**
Orbitofrontal cortex	47/11	R	22	32	−16	4.04	20	32	−16	6.30**
Subcortical structures
Claustrum	L	−28	4	12	6.07**
Claustrum	R	32	10	−4	4.92**	32	10	−2	6.76**	30	12	−4	6.32**
Caudate nucleus (head)	R	16	14	12	4.51*	14	14	14	5.56**, ‡	14	16	16	5.61**
Putamen	L	−30	6	−2	6.05**	−30	6	2	7.68*
Putamen	R	30	6	−6	4.24‡	30	6	−6	5.96**
Thalamus (MD)	R	4	−20	6	3.03‡	4	−20	6	4.48*, ‡	4	−20	6	4.23
Thalamus (VPM)	R	14	−20	2	4.47	14	−22	2	5.27**
Thalamus (Pulvinar)	L	−28	−22	8	3.93	−26	−20	10	4.92**
All other
Precentral gyrus	6	L	−68	0	24	3.94	−66	6	14	5.07**
Central sulcus	3	L	−16	−26	72	3.24
Parietal operculum	40	L	−72	−24	22	3.83	−70	−24	26	6.08**
Parietal lobules	7/40	R	36	−56	70	2.69‡	36	−56	70	3.87

^{†, *}Coordinates are defined in the MNI stereotactic space (Montreal Neurological Institute, Canada) and refer to the anterior commissure. x represents the lateral distance from midline (positive = right); y is the anteroposterior distance from the anterior commissure (positive = anterior); z represents the height relative to the intercommissural plane (positive = above).

^* P < .01, corrected for multiple comparisons;

^** P < .05, corrected;

^‡no maximum activation at this location, but z‐score higher than 2.33.

BA: Brodmann area. Hem: hemisphere; R: right; L: left; Ant: anterior; Gfd: medial frontal gyrus; MD: mediodorsal; VPM: ventro‐postero‐medial.