fMRI Evidence of Acupoints Specificity in Two Adjacent Acupoints

Table 1

Activated regions of brain induced by acupuncture at real acupoint versus nonacupoint.

Brain areas	Side	LR3 versus nonacupoint				ST44 versus nonacupoint
		Talairach (mm)				Talairach (mm)
		𝑋	𝑌	𝑍	𝑍max	𝑋	𝑌	𝑍	𝑍max
Primary somatosensory area	R	30	−14	60	2.54
	L	−38	−14	60	2.45	−30	−13	60	3.09
Secondary somatosensory area	R					59	−9	21	3.03
Middle frontal gyrus	R	14	65	10	3.04
	L					−8	63	23	2.71
Inferior frontal gyrus	L					−53	33	−5	2.98
superior parietal lobe	R	14	−50	47	3.16
Middle temporal gyrus	R	61	−16	−14	2.78
Middle occipital gyrus	R					28	−59	−7	2.68
	L	−18	−62	24	3.09
Lingual gyrus	R					4	−79	−5	3.26
ACC	R	6	−15	41	2.81
PCC	B					0	−48	15	3.26
Lentiform nucleus	R	28	−18	−1	3.42	18	0	−2	2.70
Thalamus	L	−12	−25	0	2.60
Insula	R	32	−19	14	2.65
Cerebellum	R	42	−56	−38	2.46	42	−52	−31	2.71
	L	−8	−64	−5	2.88	−24	−62	−29	3.55

Abbreviations: B: bilateral; R: right; L: left; ACC: anterior cingulate cortex; PCC: posterior cingulate cortex.