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Table 2 MNI coordinates of the 64 selected pain-related brain regions

From: Gender differences in functional connectivities between insular subdivisions and selective pain-related brain structures

Location

Brain region

Abbreviation

Left and right hemisphere

Label

MNI coordinate

X

Y

Z

Middle frontal gyrus

ventral dorsolateral prefrontal cortex

vDLPFC

L

vDLPFC_L

−41

41

16

Middle frontal gyrus

ventral dorsolateral prefrontal cortex

vDLPFC

R

vDLPFC_R

42

44

14

Middle frontal gyrus

ventrolateral prefrontal cortex

VLPFC

L

VLPFC_L

−48

20

−8

Middle frontal gyrus

ventrolateral prefrontal cortex

VLPFC

R

VLPFC_R

48

20

−8

Inferior frontal gyrus

opercular pars triangularis

oPT

L

oPT_L

−39

23

4

Inferior frontal gyrus

opercular pars triangularis

oPT

R

oPT_R

42

22

3

Inferior frontal gyrus

ventral pars triangularis

vPT

L

vPT_L

−52

13

6

Inferior frontal gyrus

ventral pars triangularis

vPT

R

vPT_R

54

14

11

Frontal gyrus

orbitofrontal cortex

OFC

L

OFC_L

−24

34

−12

Frontal gyrus

orbitofrontal cortex

OFC

R

OFC_R

24

34

−12

Precentral gyrus

primary motor cortex

PMC

L

PMC_L

−52

0

8

Precentral gyrus

primary motor cortex

PMC

R

PMC_R

54

4

9

Superior parietal lobe

postcentral somatosensory association cortex

pSAC

L

pSAC_L

−22

−47

65

Superior parietal lobe

postcentral somatosensory association cortex

pSAC

R

pSAC_R

23

−43

67

Inferior parietal lobe

caudal supramarginal gyrus

cSG

L

cSG_L

−56

−49

38

Inferior parietal lobe

caudal supramarginal gyrus

cSG

R

cSG_R

57

−44

38

Inferior parietal lobe

rostroventral supramarginal gyrus

rvSG

L

rvSG_L

−53

−31

23

Inferior parietal lobe

rostroventral supramarginal gyrus

rvSG

R

rvSG_R

55

−26

26

Postcentral gyrus

primary somatosensory cortex (tongue and larvnx region)

SI

L

SI_L

−56

−14

16

Postcentral gyrus

primary somatosensory cortex (tongue and larvnx region)

SI

R

SI_R

56

−10

15

Postcentral gyrus

primary somatosensory cortex (trunk region)

SI

L

SI_L

−21

−35

68

Postcentral gyrus

primary somatosensory cortex (trunk region)

SI

R

SI_R

20

−33

69

Postcentral gyrus

secondary somatosensory cortex

SII

L

SII_L

−52

−26

22

Postcentral gyrus

secondary somatosensory cortex

SII

R

SII_R

56

−22

24

Cingulate gyrus

rostroventral ventral anterior cingulate cortex

rvVACC

L

rvVACC_L

−3

8

25

Cingulate gyrus

rostroventral ventral anterior cingulate cortex

rvVACC

R

rvVACC_R

5

22

12

Cingulate gyrus

caudal ventral anterior cingulate cortex

cvACC

L

cvACC_L

−5

7

37

Cingulate gyrus

caudal ventral anterior cingulate cortex

cvACC

R

cvACC_R

4

6

38

Cingulate gyrus

pregenual dorsal anterior cingulate cortex

pdACC

L

pdACC_L

−6

34

21

Cingulate gyrus

pregenual dorsal anterior cingulate cortex

pdACC

R

pdACC_R

5

28

27

Cingulate gyrus

subgenual dorsal anterior cingulate cortex

sdACC

L

sdACC_L

−4

39

−2

Cingulate gyrus

subgenual dorsal anterior cingulate cortex

sdACC

R

sdACC_R

5

41

6

Cingulate gyrus

rostral anterior cingulate cortex

rACC

L

rACC_L

−7

27

29

Cingulate gyrus

rostral anterior cingulate cortex

rACC

R

rACC_R

7

27

29

Cingulate gyrus

caudal ventral posterior cingulate cortex

cvPCC

L

cvPCC_L

−7

−23

41

Cingulate gyrus

caudal ventral posterior cingulate cortex

cvPCC

R

cvPCC_R

6

−20

40

Cingulate gyrus

posterior midcingulate cortex

pMCC

L

pMCC_L

−3

−21

51

Cingulate gyrus

posterior midcingulate cortex

pMCC

R

pMCC_R

3

−21

51

Basal ganglia

dorsolateral putamen

dlPu

L

dlPu_L

−28

−5

2

Basal ganglia

dorsolateral putamen

dlPu

R

dlPu_R

29

−3

1

Periaqueductal gray

ventrolateral periaqueductal gray

vlPAG

L

vlPAG_L

−3

−32

−12

Periaqueductal gray

ventrolateral periaqueductal gray

vlPAG

R

vlPAG_R

3

−32

−12

Periaqueductal gray

lateral periaqueductal gray

lPAG

L

lPAG_L

−4

−31

−8

Periaqueductal gray

lateral periaqueductal gray

lPAG

R

lPAG_R

4

−31

−8

Periaqueductal gray

dorsolateral periaqueductal gray

dlPAG

L

dlPAG_L

−2

−32

−5

Periaqueductal gray

dorsolateral periaqueductal gray

dlPAG

R

dlPAG_R

2

−32

−5

Thalamus

medial prefrontal thalamus

mPFtha

L

mPFtha_L

−7

−12

5

Thalamus

medial prefrontal thalamus

mPFtha

R

mPFtha_R

7

−11

6

Thalamus

premotor thalamus

mPMtha

L

mPMtha_L

−18

−13

3

Thalamus

premotor thalamus

mPMtha

R

mPMtha_R

12

−14

1

Thalamus

posterior parietal thalamus

PPtha

L

PPtha_L

16

−24

6

Thalamus

posterior parietal thalamus

PPtha

R

PPtha_R

15

−25

6

Thalamus

caudal temporal thalamus

cTtha

L

cTtha_L

−12

−22

13

Thalamus

caudal temporal thalamus

cTtha

R

cTtha_R

10

−14

14

Thalamus

lateral prefrontal thalamus

lPFtha

L

lPFtha_L

−11

−14

2

Thalamus

lateral prefrontal thalamus

lPFtha

R

lPFtha_R

13

−16

7

Amygdala

medial amygdala

mAmyg

L

mAmyg_L

−19

−2

−20

Amygdala

medial amygdala

mAmyg

R

mAmyg_R

19

−2

−19

Amygdala

lateral amygdala

lAmyg

L

lAmyg_L

−27

−4

− 20

Amygdala

lateral amygdala

lAmyg

R

lAmyg_R

28

−3

−20

Hippocampus

rostral hippocampus

rHipp

L

rHipp_L

−22

−14

−19

Hippocampus

rostral hippocampus

rHipp

R

rHipp_R

22

−12

−20

Hippocampus

caudal hippocampus

cHipp

L

cHipp_L

−28

−30

−10

Hippocampus

caudal hippocampus

cHipp

R

cHipp_R

29

−27

−10

  1. L left, R right, MNI Montreal Neurological Institute