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

Table 3

Results of the control subjects and stroke patients after acupuncture procedures.

Regions	Side	Talairach			𝑡-value	Voxels
		𝑋	𝑌	𝑍
Increased connectivity to the PCC in control subjects
Middle temporal gyrus	L/CL	−42	−61	9	5.84	34
Superior temporal gyrus	L/CL	−48	−46	19	6.07	29
Increased connectivity to the PCC in stroke patients
Anterior cingulate	L/CL	−6	30	23	6.45	21
Anterior cingulate	R/IL	3	33	12	5.63	28
Decreased connectivity to the PCC in stroke patients
Precentral gyrus	L/CL	−62	1	19	6.47	70
Postcentral gyrus	L/CL	−59	−17	15	5.39	41

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.