Neural Encoding of Acupuncture Needling Sensations: Evidence from a fMRI Study

<table>The mean brain positive (yellow) and negative (blue) bold responses to acupuncture stimulation. The extensive deactivation showed limbic-paralimbic-neocortical network (LPNN), such as anterior cingulated cortex (ACC), parahippocampal gyrus (PHG), lingual gyrus (LgG), precuneus (Pcun), and cuneus. The orbital gyrus (OrG) also showed deactivation. Left thalamus (Th) and secondary somatosensory cortex (SII) demonstrated activation.</table>

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Figure 4: Neural Encoding of Acupuncture Needling Sensations: Evidence from a fMRI Study 