Brain Responses to Acupuncture Are Probably Dependent on the Brain Functional Status
Table 3
Intergroup comparison analysis results of brain activation differences between patients at three different pathological stages with normal controls (early versus normal, later versus normal, and recovery versus normal).
Inter group
Regions (BA)
Side
Peak value
Coordinate (Talairach)
Voxel size
Peak
Peak
Peak
Early versus normal
Parahippocampal gyrus (28)
L
−3.81
25.5
13.5
−27.5
45
Parahippocampal gyrus (36)
R
−3.57
−25.5
7.5
−33.5
33
Lingual gyrus (18)
R
3.73
−4.5
82.5
−12.5
69
Middle frontal gyrus (10)
R
4.08
−31.5
−40.5
23.5
46
Later versus normal
Thalamus
L
3.19
10.5
19.5
−6.5
33
Middle frontal gyrus (6)
R
3.62
−19.5
−13.5
38.5
28
Precentral gyrus (4)
R
3.27
−55.5
13.5
38.5
28
Lobule VIIa of the cerebellum
L
3.62
40.5
61.5
−33.5
22
BA: Brodmann area; L: left; R: right. The threshold was set to , (corrected with the Monte Carlo method). No significant differences were found between the normal group and the recovered group.
