The Neural Basis of Fear Promotes Anger and Sadness Counteracts Anger

Table 2

Brain regions associated with the effects of fear induction.

Brain regions	Hemisphere	Brodmann’s area	MNI coordinates			(24)
			x	y	z
(fear > neutral) ∩ (fear > sadness) (conjunction)
Parahippocampal gyrus	Right	19	24	−46	−5	4.46	48
Culmen	Left		−18	−46	−8	4.42	58
Posterior cingulate	Right	30	18	−55	13	4.02	19
Precuneus	Right	7	9	−49	55	3.96	27
Precuneus	Right	7	9	−52	46	3.37
Cingulate gyrus	Left	31	−15	−37	43	3.82	7
Uvula	Left		0	−70	−29	3.77	6
Claustrum	Right		30	29	1	3.69	9
fear > sadness
Parahippocampal gyrus	Right	36	30	−46	−11	7.35	214
Parahippocampal gyrus	Left	36	−30	−40	−11	7.14	290
Fusiform gyrus	Left	37	−30	−52	−11	6.95
Declive	Left		−30	−67	−14	3.33
Cingulate gyrus	Left	31	−15	−37	43	6.8	1270
Middle occipital gyrus	Right	19	42	−79	19	5.8
Precuneus	Right	7	9	−52	55	5.78
Middle temporal gyrus	Left	19	−36	−82	28	5.06	89
Middle occipital gyrus	Left	19	−48	−79	13	4.48
Middle occipital gyrus	Left	19	−36	−85	19	4.4
Superior frontal gyrus	Right	8	30	41	43	4.51	9
Middle frontal gyrus	Right	8	42	35	37	3.61
Middle frontal gyrus	Right	6	30	8	64	4.4	11
Pyramis	Right		6	−76	−26	4.31	88
Pyramis	Left		−6	−73	−26	4.16
Posterior cingulate	Right	30	18	−55	13	4.16	26
Posterior cingulate	Right	30	24	−58	22	3.6
Inferior parietal lobule	Right	40	57	−40	40	4.04	40
Insula	Right	13	33	29	4	3.8	19
Middle frontal gyrus	Right	9	39	47	25	3.7	11
Inferior frontal gyrus	Left	46	−45	44	7	3.64	5
fear > neutral
Parahippocampal gyrus	Right	30	21	−43	−5	4.68	95
Insula	Right	13	36	14	−14	4.52	104
Inferior frontal gyrus	Right	45	48	23	−2	4.29
Insula	Right	13	33	29	−2	3.82
Culmen	Left		−18	−46	−8	4.42	90
Culmen	Right		3	−40	−2	3.84
Culmen	Left		−18	−37	−17	3.54
Uvula	Right		0	−67	−29	4.11	17
Thalamus (medial dorsal nucleus)	Right		6	−10	13	4.1	36
Posterior cingulate	Right	30	18	−55	13	4.02	28
Posterior cingulate	Right	31	24	−61	22	3.38
Precuneus	Right	7	9	−49	55	3.96	27
Precuneus	Right	7	9	−52	46	3.37
Thalamus	Left		0	−31	7	3.92	30
Cingulate gyrus	Left	31	−15	−37	43	3.82	7
Precuneus	Left	7	−9	−52	58	3.54	9
Insula	Left	13	−39	23	1	3.54	11
Supramarginal gyrus	Right	40	63	−49	31	3.53	9

Note: threshold was set at (uncorrected). Cluster size is represented by . MNI = Montreal Neurological Institute.