Acupuncture Modulates the Functional Connectivity of the Default Mode Network in Stroke Patients

Table 2

Results of the control subjects and stroke patients before acupuncture.

Regions	Side	Talairach			𝑡-value	Voxels
		𝑋	𝑌	𝑍
Decreased connectivity to the PCC in stroke patients
Inferior parietal lobule	R/IL	45	−62	47	4.17	37
Superior frontal gyrus	L/CL	−6	20	60	4.32	117
Superior frontal gyrus	R/IL	3	40	45	4.55	193
Middle frontal gyrus	R/IL	24	37	42	4.16	33
Medial frontal gyrus	R/IL	6	58	3	4.10	80
Middle temporal gyrus	R/IL	53	−66	28	4.22	28
Fusiform gyrus	R/IL	59	−10	−22	5.28	30
Increased connectivity to the PCC in stroke patients
Precentral gyrus	R/IL	62	6	11	5.10	55
Precentral gyrus	L/CL	−48	−2	8	4.60	235
Postcentral gyrus	R/IL	62	−19	31	5.49	152
Postcentral gyrus	L/CL	−62	−5	17	4.78	162
Inferior parietal lobule	R/IL	62	−22	29	4.84	163
Inferior parietal lobule	L/CL	−53	−28	21	4.52	136
Inferior frontal gyrus	R/IL	50	5	33	7.48	62
Superior temporal gyrus	R/IL	50	14	−8	4.82	39
Superior temporal gyrus	L/CL	−56	−25	15	4.49	65
Insula	R/IL	36	−11	9	4.97	111
Insula	L/CL	−33	−14	15	4.86	171

Results from two-sample 𝑡-test (df = 16, 𝑃<0.01, uncorrected, corrected by Monte Carlo Simulations, iterated 1000 times, and cluster size > 76 voxels). R: right; L: left; IL: ipsilateral; CL: contralateral.