Table 1.

Brain regions showing significant activation during picture encoding and recognition and effects of Epo (n = 11) versus placebo (n = 12; thresholded at z = 2.0 and p < 0.05, corrected)

Task and regionz-valueCoordinates
xyz
Picture encoding
    Main effect of task
        Right calcarine sulcus (BA 17)7.188−86−4
        Left anterior cingulate gyrus (BA 32)4.45−4254
        Right inferior frontal gyrus (BA 44)5.6448632
    Epo > Placebo
        Left precuneus (BA 19)3.38−14−8640
        Left caudate body3.53−101218
Picture recognition
    Main effect of task
        Left fusiform gyrus (BA 37)8.43−36−56−14
    Epo > Placebo
        Left medial frontal gyrus (BA 9)3.21−84646
        Right superior frontal gyrus (BA 9)3.26144840
        Left inferior temporal gyrus (BA 21)4.18−60−8−18

  • MNI coordinates (x, y, z) refer to peak activation within each cluster identified thresholded at z = 2.0 and p < 0.05, corrected. BA, Brodmann area.