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Table 4 Brain regions with significantly (one tailed Z > 2.75, p < 0.005) greater mental stress-induced activation or deactivation, as measured with [15O]H2O positron emission tomography, in women (n = 44) relative to men (n = 77) participants with CAD but not mental stress-induced myocardial ischemia

From: Sex differences in brain activation patterns with mental stress in patients with coronary artery disease

Voxel number

Brain region

Brodmann’s area

Talairach

Z score

X

Y

Z

Stress activation in women > men

13

L cerebellum

 

− 44

− 50

− 34

3.56

17

R parietal lobe, superior lobule

7

30

− 63

53

3.19

 

R parietal lobe, superior lobule

7

34

− 56

55

3.12