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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Apr 8.
Published in final edited form as: Hum Brain Mapp. 2010 Sep;31(9):1446–1457. doi: 10.1002/hbm.20948

TABLE II.

Mesocorticolimbic regions activated for contrasts of emotional imagery

Region μla x y z tb
Unpleasant > Neutral
 L Amygdala 156 −22 −6 −10 4.51
 R Amygdala 63 30 −4 −12 4.27
Pleasant > Neutral
 L Amygdala 562 −21 −2 −10 5.86
 R Amygdala 63 18 −6 −10 4.30
 L Medial prefrontal cortex (BA 10) 1,969 −6 58 16 4.29
 L Nucleus accumbens 189 −10 8 −6 3.72
 R Nucleus accumbens 78 10 6 −8 4.16
Pleasant > Unpleasant
 L Medial prefrontal cortex (BA 10) 2,047 0 55 −2 6.26
 L Nucleus accumbens 172 −7 5 −9 5.80

L, left; R, right.

a

Cluster size computed using 2.5-mm3 voxel.

b

Significant at P < 0.05 corrected.