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From: Decreased cerebral blood flow in the limbic and prefrontal cortex using SPECT imaging in a cohort of completed suicides

Figure 3

Image sections showing regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) decreases predictive of completing suicide. Transverse, coronal and sagittal sections showing predictive areas of suicide: Transverse 49—postcentral left; 69—right and left frontal areas; 88—frontal inferior right, postcentral right, caudate right, thalamus right, precuneus right; 94—frontal inferior right, postcentral right, caudate right, thalamus right, precuneus right; 97—insular cortex right, caudate right, insular cortex left, precuneus right; 113—insular cortex right, frontal inferior orbital left (Brodmann area (BA) 25). Coronal 36—left and right frontal lobes; 49—frontal superior right, frontal superior left, insular cortex; 56 frontal superior right, frontal superior left, inferior frontal right, frontal inferior orbital left (BA25); 74—insular cortex right, caudate right, insular cortex left; 104—rolandic operculum right, thalamus right, postcentral left, 144—precuneus right. Sagittal 45—rolandic operculum right; 60—frontal cortex right, insular cortex right, frontal inferior cortex right (BA 25); 76—frontal cortex, caudate right, precuneus; 80—frontal cortex, caudate, thalamus right, precuneus; 97—frontal inferior orbital left (BA 25), thalamus; 138—postcentral left.

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