Research Article
Connectivity Study of the Neuromechanism of Acute Acupuncture Needling during fMRI in “Overweight” Subjects
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Changes in functional connectivity (FC) with the insula after acupuncture minus before acupuncture (ACU) in relation to delta glucose (GLU) correlation scores after ACU minus before ACU. Increased hypothalamus-insula functional connectivity (HYP-INS FC) after acupuncture (after ACU) was positively correlated with ACU-induced change in GLU suggesting that increased dopamine modulation during ACU was deemed to be associated with increased poststimulation limbic system and spinothalamic tract connectivity (; ).