Event-related Whole-brain Fmri: Epi with Slice Dependent Echo times versus Standard Epi
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Table 1. Nstd/mod is the sum of supra-threshold voxels (p<0.001 unc., clustersize 5) for different ROIs (see legend below) found in the standard and the modified EPI datasets for the contrasts rewardpunishment, reward-baseline and punishment-baseline. Zstd/mod specifies the maximal Z-score. ROI 1: Insula, ROI 2: Amygdalae, ROI 3: Putamen, ROI 4: Thalamus, ROI 5: Caudate, ROI 6: Parahippocampal Gyrus, ROI 7: Hippocampus, ROI 8: Superior Frontal Gyrus, ROI 9: Middle Frontal Gyrus, ROI 10: Olfactory Cortex. EVENT-RELATED WHOLE-BRAIN FMRI: EPI WITH SLICE DEPENDENT ECHO TIMES VERSUS STANDARD EPI
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