Table 1 Brain regions showing significant hemodynamic responses to emotional processing after acute exercise.

From: Habitual physical activity mediates the acute exercise-induced modulation of anxiety-related amygdala functional connectivity

Brain Region

side

MNI Coordinates

t-value

k

x

y

z

Run vs. Walk|Explicit Fear (EF–EN)

Fusiform gyrus

L

−36

−42

−14

3.87

19

Walk vs. Run|Explicit Fear (EF–EN)

Amygdala

L

−26

−8

−12

2.21*

2

Inferior frontal gyrus

R

−22

32

−8

3.18

20

Primary visual cortex

R

−14

−88

0

3.16

7

Run vs. Walk|Implicit Fear (IF–IN)

Parahippocampus

R

24

−58

−10

3.48

6

Thalamus

R

6

−22

0

3.67

10

Walk vs. Run|Implicit Fear (IF–IN)

N.S.

      

Run vs. Walk|Explicit Happiness (EH–EN)

N.S.

      

Walk vs. Run|Explicit Happiness (EH–EN)

Amygdala

L

−26

−2

−18

2.08*

5

Middle frontal gyrus

L

−20

32

−8

4.91

26

Middle occipital gyrus

R

38

−84

−4

3.82

20

Superior temporal gyrus

R

48

−24

0

3.71

5

Run vs. Walk|Implicit Happiness (IH–IN)

Amygdala

L

−22

−5

−16

2.47*

19

Amygdala

R

24

−6

−15

2.35*

18

Inferior frontal gyrus

L

−36

26

−10

3.87

11

Lateral occipital gyrus

R

18

−72

−8

4.21

28

Walk vs. Run|Implicit Happiness (IH–IN)

Superior temporal gyrus

L

−52

−8

−8

3.12

5

  1. Pooled group results for all subjects (n = 39). All clusters are significant at FWE-corrected P < 0.05, and only clusters of 10 or more contiguous voxels are reported, except those marked with an asterisk, which are taken from predefined ROIs and significant at uncorrected P < 0.05. Abbreviations: R, right; L, left; EF, explicit fear; EN, explicit neutral, IF, implicit fear; IN, implicit neutral; EH, explicit happiness; IH, implicit happiness.