TABLE 6.
Regional brain activations showing interactions with DRD4 7R alleles and romantic love maintenance among newlyweds.
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Brain Region | x | y | Z | T | p | x | y | z | T | p |
Brain responses replicated at Times 1 and 2 | ||||||||||
ROI Activations | ||||||||||
VTA/SN1 | −9 | −12 | −9 | 3.26 | 0.01 | |||||
Insular cortex2,3 | −45 | −12 | 9 | 3.85 | 0.01 | |||||
Whole-brain Deactivations | ||||||||||
Temporal gyrus, anterior | −39 | 9 | −24 | 6.29 | <0.001 |
All results are for regions showing activation in association with DRD4 7R 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); 2Aron et al. (2005); 3Xu et al. (2011).