Response of neural reward regions to food cues in autism spectrum disorders

Table 4 Clusters with significantly more BOLD signal in the ASD group versus the TD comparison group when contrasting food images with the blurred visual baseline control condition

	# voxels	x	y	z	Z_max	uncorr P
ASD > Control
R Posterior insula	48	48	-3	3	3.54	<0.001
	-	43	5	5	3.48	<0.001
R Anterior insula	11	40	20	8	3.34	<0.001
L Mid insula	23	-45	5	3	3.19	0.001
		-38	13	-3	2.83	0.002
R Anterior cingulate cortex	25	8	35	20	3.69	<0.001
Control > ASD (No significant clusters)

Spatial coordinates are in MNI space. The reverse contrast, TD > ASD, yielded no significant clusters at this threshold. ASD, autism spectrum disorder; BOLD, blood oxygenation level dependent; L, left; MNI, Montreal Neurological Institute; R, right; TD, typically developing; uncorr, uncorrected

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