Table 3 Brain regions and coordinates of peak activations during motor execution (ME), visual imagery in the first-person perspective (VI-1), visual imagery in the third-person perspective (VI-3), and kinesthetic imagery (KI) versus the perceptual control condition (PC).

From: Target-oriented motor imagery for grasping action: different characteristics of brain activation between kinesthetic and visual imagery

Contrast*

Region name

Hemi.

Peak T

MNI coordinates

BA

x

y

z

ME > PC

Motor and premotor cortex

 

    Supplementary Motor Area

L

9.37

−10

−6

52

BA6

 

    Precentral Gyrus

L

8.91

−34

−18

72

BA4

 

    Rolandic Operculum

L

7.32

−46

0

12

BA6

 

Parietal cortex

 

    Postcentral Gyrus

L

10.89

−36

−24

56

BA3

  

L

7.94

−32

−28

72

BA1

 

    Supramarginal Gyrus

L

6.72

−50

−28

26

BA40

 

Limbic and Subcortical regions

 

    Thalamus (Pulvinar)

L

5.63

−18

−24

10

 
 

    Lentiform Nucleus (Putamen)

L

5.26

−32

−14

0

 
 

    Lentiform Nucleus (Lateral Globus Pallidus)

L

5.24

−22

−8

−4

 
 

Cerebellum

 

    Culmen

R

11.88

14

−54

−16

 
 

    Cerebellar Tonsil

R

5.60

18

−64

−52

 

VI-1 > PC

Motor and premotor cortex

 

    Middle Frontal Gyrus

L

5.20

−28

2

54

BA6

 

    Precentral Gyrus

L

3.73

−20

−14

52

BA6

 

Parietal cortex

 

    Inferior Parietal Lobule

L

5.98

−36

−50

54

BA40

VI-3 > PC

Motor and premotor cortex

 

    Precentral Gyrus/Middle Frontal Gyrus

L

6.26

−28

−4

56

BA6

 

Parietal cortex

 

    Inferior Parietal Lobule

L

7.38

−36

−50

50

BA40

 

R

4.85

36

−42

38

BA40

 

    Supramarginal Gyrus

L

4.27

−60

−20

38

BA40

 

    Angular Gyrus

R

4.36

34

−56

44

BA39

KI > PC

Motor and premotor cortex

 

    Supplementary Motor Area

L

7.51

−8

0

60

BA6

 

    Precentral Gyrus

L

6.59

−56

6

28

BA6

 

    Middle Frontal Gyrus

L

6.33

−26

−4

52

BA6

 

    Rolandic Operculum

L

5.56

−40

6

14

BA6

 

Frontal cortex

 

    Superior Frontal Gyrus

L

4.26

−28

−2

64

BA6

 

Parietal cortex

 

    Supramarginal Gyrus

L

6.46

−60

−24

34

BA40

 

    Inferior Parietal Lobule

L

6.27

−36

−48

50

BA40

 

    Superior Parietal Lobule

L

5.86

−40

−52

62

BA7

 

    Postcentral Gyrus

L

3.95

−46

−24

32

BA2

 

R

5.27

64

−16

40

BA3

  1. *Only the statistically significant (uncorrected P < 0.001 with cluster-based FDR threshold P < 0.05) values are reported.