TABLE 4.

Regional brain activations showing interactions with AVPR1a rs3 (long alleles) and romantic love maintenance among newlyweds.

	Left					Right
Brain Region	x	y	Z	T	p	x	y	z	T	p
Brain responses replicated at Times 1 and 2
ROI Activations
VTA, posterior1						6	−21	−21	2.58	0.02
Periaqueductal gray1						3	−33	−21	2.87	0.02
Posterior hippocampus1						39	−27	−9	3.87	0.01
Occipital cortex, area 17/181						15	−90	3	2.49	0.02
Whole-brain Activations
Superior temporal gyrus/Angular gyrus						45	−78	24	4.41	<0.001

All results are for regions showing activation in association with AVPR1a rs3 long versus short alleles and change in Eros scores (T2-T1) over the first year of marriage in newlyweds. Superscripts denote references for ROIs: ¹Acevedo et al. (2011).