Table 1.
Brain regions with significant findings in regression analyses of CBF data, and in comparison between male and female stress responses
Brain regions | MNI coordinates |
Z-Score | Cluster size | Activation/deactivation | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
X | Y | Z | ||||
Male: CBF during Task vs Perceived Stress (Figure 2A) | ||||||
RPFC | 42 | 52 | −2 | 2.83 | 15 | Activation |
LOrF/IFC | −30 | 28 | −16 | 4.08 | 129 | Deactivation |
Male: CBF at Baseline vs Perceived Stress (Figure 2B) | ||||||
RPFC | 24 | 56 | 6 | 3.39 | 290 | Activation |
Rln | 54 | 14 | 4 | 3.19 | 121 | Activation |
LOrF/IFC | −30 | 32 | −14 | 3.82 | 77 | Deactivation |
Male: CBF at Baseline vs AUC cortisol (Figure 2C) | ||||||
RPFC | 44 | 48 | 14 | 3.57 | 367 | Activation |
LOrF/IFC | −36 | 22 | −16 | 3.43 | 139 | Deactivation |
Female: CBF during Task vs Perceived Stress (Figures 3A and 4A) | ||||||
LSt | −14 | 4 | 8 | 2.86 | 69 | Activation |
RSt | 14 | −4 | 0 | 3.12 | 190 | Activation |
LIn/Pu | −34 | −10 | 2 | 3.94 | 952 | Activation |
Rln | 36 | −20 | 8 | 4.10 | 361 | Activation |
LOrF/IFC | −24 | 36 | −12 | 3.36 | 59 | Deactivation |
Female: CBF at Baseline vs Perceived Stress (Figures 3B and 4B) | ||||||
Rin | 38 | 8 | 8 | 3.10 | 54 | Activation |
ACC | 8 | 20 | 32 | 3.44 | 894 | Activation |
DACC | 8 | 20 | 32 | 3.44 | 894 | Activation |
PCC | 12 | −28 | 18 | 3.18 | 140 | Activation |
Female: CBF at Baseline vs AUC cortisol (Figures 3C and 4C) | ||||||
LTh | −6 | −10 | 18 | 2.89 | 43 | Activation |
dACC | 14 | 24 | 26 | 3.01 | 26 | Activation |
LIFC | −48 | 26 | −20 | 2.85 | 28 | Deactivation |
Male > Female during Task (Figure 5A) | ||||||
RPFC | 40 | 58 | −6 | 3.96 | 737 | |
RPC/AG | 42 | −64 | 50 | 3.34 | 686 | |
Female > Male at Baseline (Figure 5B) | ||||||
LOrF | −20 | 42 | −14 | 3.87 | 187 | |
dACC | 2 | 18 | 26 | 3.07 | 82 | |
Lin | −38 | −18 | 14 | 2.91 | 58 | |
LPC/SMG | −58 | −30 | 58 | 3.63 | 228 |