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