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Table 3 Regions with significant activation during phonematic verbal fluency tasks

From: A coordinate-based ALE functional MRI meta-analysis of brain activation during verbal fluency tasks in healthy control subjects

Cluster

Anatomic label

Volume (mm3)

BA

x

y

z

ALE 10-3

N studies (foci)

1.

Left frontal lobe. Inferior/middle frontal gyrus

16856

9

-50

12

24

35.23

23 (56)

45

-48

28

14

25.32

44

-52

12

0

22.47

Left insula

9

-42

8

36

21.18

6

-54

2

46

15.99

13

-44

18

6

21.44

2.

Left limbic lobe. Anterior cingulate gyrus

10744

32

-2

14

48

27.02

17 (34)

 

-2

26

36

15.59

Right limbic lobe. Anterior cingulate gyrus

24

-6

28

22

15.29

32

4

32

34

17.63

6

22

28

12.54

3.

Right insula

1304

13

38

26

-10

14.48

5 (6)

 

44

16

-12

13.98

Right frontal lobe. Inferior frontal gyrus

47

52

18

-6

10.63

44

50

20

2

8.92

4.

Left thalamus

960

 

0

-22

14

15.51

5 (5)

-2

-18

6

12.29

5.

Right cerebellum. Anterior lobe

576

 

36

-60

-32

13.67

4 (4)

6.

Left parietal lobe. Precuneus

552

7

-24

-54

62

15.36

3 (3)

7.

Right claustrum

520

 

30

22

-2

13.20

3 (4)

Right caudate head

22

24

-4

9.71

8.

Left putamen

384

 

-16

6

6

12.00

3 (3)

  1. N: number of studies reporting at least one activation peak; Coodinates: MNI Space; mm3: cubic millimeter; BA: Brodman Area.