Table 1 Differences between the early (within 48 h) and late postpartum (after 4–6 weeks) period in blood oxygen level–dependent reactivity during anticipation of negative emotional stimuli and viewing of emotional stimuli, N = 11.
From: Emotional anticipation after delivery – a longitudinal neuroimaging study of the postpartum period
Contrasts | BA | Hemisphere | Cluster size | Z score | Talairach coordinates | p * | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
x | y | z | ||||||
Anticipation of negative images vs. positive images | ||||||||
early postpartum > late postpartum | ||||||||
32 | L | 13 | 3.17 | −6 | 43 | −5 | 0.001 | |
late postpartum > early postpartum | ||||||||
No significant cluster | ||||||||
Viewing of negative vs. positive images | ||||||||
early postpartum > late postpartum | ||||||||
32 | R | 37 | 3.27 | 3 | 41 | 6 | 0.001 | |
24 | R | 2.89 | 6 | 33 | 12 | 0.002 | ||
10 | R | 3.06 | 3 | 53 | 6 | 0.006 | ||
10 | L | 38 | 2.97 | −3 | 55 | −2 | 0.002 | |
32 | L | 2.89 | −6 | 47 | −2 | 0.002 | ||
late postpartum > early postpartum | ||||||||
No significant cluster | ||||||||
