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. 2019 Jul 18;142(9):2873–2887. doi: 10.1093/brain/awz204

Table 3.

Functional neuroanatomical associations of emotion identification and physiological responses

Group Region Side Cluster (voxels) Peak (mm) PFWE
x y z
Emotion identification performance (after covarying for semantic ability)
bvFTD Anterior insula Left 167 −24 29 11 0.009
Caudate Left −15 11 8
svPPA Temporal pole Right 4 36 2 −37 0.015*
nfvPPA Frontal operculum Right 100 48 11 11 0.023*
Cardiac parasympathetic activitya
svPPA Fusiform gyrus Left 166 −36 −28 −16 0.008
Middle temporal gyrus Left 142 −57 −49 −16 0.019
Superior frontal gyrus Left 131 −18 −1 68 0.028
Fusiform gyrus Right 49 18 −76 −16 0.033*
nfvPPA Dorsolateral prefrontal Right 3023 36 38 17 <0.001
Medial prefrontal Right 18 22 49
Left −6 42 33
Anterior cingulate Right 10 45 11
Left −10 48 16
Caudate Left −9 2 14
Insula Right 43 2 −2
Frontal operculum Left 343 −42 20 8 <0.001
Superior temporal sulcus Right 122 48 −34 1 0.040
Cardiac sympathetic activityb
nfvPPA Orbitofrontal cortex Right 346 15 5 −19 <0.001
Temporoparietal junction Right 160 45 −34 29 0.010
Pons Right 119 1 −25 −32 0.045
Lateral medulla Right 14 −29 −44
Left −7 −27 −44
Insula Left 76 −36 −1 −13 <0.001*
Pupil activity
svPPA Angular gyrus Left 186 −42 −64 59 0.004
Right 122 45 −40 41 0.039
Fusiform gyrus Left 129 −18 −52 −7 0.030
Right 37 42 −67 −16 0.017*
Temporal pole Left 68 −27 14 −31 0.001*
nfvPPA Anterior cingulate Right 62 12 17 23 0.045*

The table presents functional MRI correlates for the specified response measures at second level within each syndromic group. Voxel coordinates of local maxima within significant clusters are in standard MNI stereotactic space. P-values represent cluster-level FWE-corrected values over the whole brain, except *peak-level FWE-corrected within pre-specified regions of interest.

aNegative association with heart rate change.

bPositive association with heart rate change.