Pediatric Rheumatology

Table 2 Description of clusters and significantly greater activation spots during the fixed pain paradigm in the control group

From: Functional resonance magnetic imaging (fMRI) in adolescents with idiopathic musculoskeletal pain: a paradigm of experimental pain

			MNI Coordinates^b
Localization	Side	Cluster size	x	y	z	Z score	p Value
1. Thalamus	R	5414	18	−28	4	3,07	<0.0001^a
Extending to
Parietal Lobe	R		30	−76	34	3,05
Lingual Gyrus	R		18	−40	−12	3,02
Inferior temporal gyrus	R		50	−52	−16	2,85
2. Precentral gyrus	L	1643	−16	−20	78	3,38	0.0004
Extending to
Poscentral Gyrus	L		−60	−14	42	3,19
Precentral gyrus	R		10	−30	78	3,16
3. Middle frontal gyrus	R	878					0.03
Extending to
Inferior frontal gyrus	R		40	34	14	3

^aStatistical Valor p = 0.000000000008
^bThe presented coordinates refer to the location of the maximum activation voxel within each cluster. Statistical value p = 7e-12 (scientific notation for 0.000000000007)

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