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

Table 3 Description of significantly higher activation clusters during unpredictable variable pain IMP group when compared to fixed pain

			MNI Coordinates^a
Localization	Side	Cluster Size	x	y	z	Z score	p Value
1. Lingual Gyrus	R	21,632	8	−52	2	3.86	<0.0001^b
Extending to
Precuneus Gyrus	R		6	−56	8	3,63
Cingulate gyrus	R		4	−50	28	3,55
2. Prefrontal Cortex	R	4654	2	−42	−24	3,37	<0.0001^c
Extending to
Subcallosal area	R		6	30	−24	3,32
Paracingulate Gyrus	R		4	50	−8	3,2
3. Inferior temporal gyrus	R	2626	46	10	−42	3,29	<0.0001^d
Extending to
Middle temporal gyrus –posterior	R		56	−16	−16	3,04
Superior temporal gyrus –posterior	R		68	−10	−4	2,93
Planum temporale	R		42	−36	16	2,91	0.03
4. Precentral Gyrus	R	866	48	−2	22	2,66
Extending to
Poscentral Gyrus	R		66	−8	30	2,43

^aThe presented coordinates refer to the location of the maximum activation voxel within each cluster. ^bStatistical value p = 5.5e-30; ^cStatistical value p = 8.19e-10 ^dstatistical value p = 3.16e-06 (idem scientific notation Table 2)

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