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Table 1 Main localization of activated/deactivated brain regions, comparing SG or MSG versus MG, using two-sample t -test

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TAG-MG								CAG-MG
Regions	Hem	BA	Talairach			T-score	Vol	BA	Talairach			T-score	Vol
			x	y	z				x	y	z
Medial Frontal	L	9/10	−10	−50	−4	3.97	16
	R
Middle	L	6/9	−30	36	28	3.48	17
Frontal	R
Middle	L	17	−59	−29	7	3.89	17	21	−57	−26	−9	4.43	23
Temporal	R
Postcentral	L	2	−61	−22	32	−2.98	6
Gyrus	R
Fusiform	L	18/19	−28	−86	−18	−3.36	6
	R	18/19	22	−82	−14	−3.06	6		33	−48	−35	−3.58	27
Precuneus	L	31/39	−40	−68	37	3.73	11
	R	31/39	12	−51	32	4.82	14
ACC	L	32	−12	48	−4	3.72	6
	R
MCC	L	31	−2	−36	26	2.99	65	31	−10	31	28	3.56	18
	R	31	8	−55	29	3.02	20
PCC	L	23/31	−2	−38	24	3.05	6
	R	23/31	6	−38	24	3.07	24
Insula	L	13	−44	−9	13	3.61	21
	R
Hippocampus	L		−28	−28	−7	−4.75	5
	R
Parahippocampus	L	19	−30	−49	−4	−3.50	5
	R
Cerebellum	L		−28	−84	−18	−3.30	10		−30	−82	−16	−3.19	23
	R		6	−68	−8	−4.31	200		4	−68	−7	−3.43	94

Abbreviations: BA-Brodmann area; Hem-hemisphere; L-Left; R-Right; ACC-anterior cingulate cortex; MCC-middle cingulate cortex ; PCC-poster cingulate cortex.

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