Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Research Article

Connectivity Study of the Neuromechanism of Acute Acupuncture Needling during fMRI in “Overweight” Subjects

Table 1

Brain regions comparing activations between real acupuncture (ACU) versus minimal sham acupuncture (SHAM). Activations indicate whether ACU was greater than SHAM or SHAM was greater than ACU. Region of interest (ROI) used for the comparisons was the HYP. This was an uncorrected comparison set at with a value of 2.898.


Brain areas	Activation	Side	value	value

STG	ACU > SHAM	R	0.005	2.898
MOG	ACU > SHAM	L	0.005	2.898
Vermis 3	ACU > SHAM	NA	0.005	2.898
TPOsup	ACU > SHAM	R	0.005	2.898
HIPP	ACU > SHAM	B	0.005	2.898
FFG	ACU > SHAM	L	0.005	2.898
Cerebellum 6	ACU > SHAM	B	0.005	2.898
Vermis 1 and vermis 2	ACU > SHAM	NA	0.005	2.898
PARAHIPP	ACU > SHAM	R	0.005	2.898
SPG	ACU > SHAM	L	0.005	2.898
MFG	ACU > SHAM	R	0.005	2.898
IFGtriang	ACU > SHAM	B	0.005	2.898
MTG	ACU > SHAM	B	0.005	2.898
CAL	ACU > SHAM	R	0.005	2.898
PCUN	ACU > SHAM	R	0.005	2.898
CUN	ACU > SHAM	R	0.005	2.898
IFGoperc	ACU > SHAM	R	0.005	2.898
SOG	ACU > SHAM	L	0.005	2.898
PreCG	ACU > SHAM	R	0.005	2.898
PoCG	ACU > SHAM	L	0.005	2.898
ORBinf	SHAM > ACU	L	0.005	2.898
ITG	SHAM > ACU	L	0.005	2.898
CAU	SHAM > ACU	L	0.005	2.898
ACG	SHAM > ACU	L	0.005	2.898
SFG	SHAM > ACU	B	0.005	2.898
MFG	SHAM > ACU	B	0.005	2.898
ANG	SHAM > ACU	L	0.005	2.898
PCUN	SHAM > ACU	L	0.005	2.898
SMG	SHAM > ACU	L	0.005	2.898
IPL	SHAM > ACU	L	0.005	2.898

STG: superior temporal gyrus; MOG: middle occipital gyrus; TPOsup: temporal pole: superior temporal gyrus; HIPP: hippocampus; FFG: fusiform gyrus; PARAHIPP: parahippocampus; SPG: superior parietal gyrus; MFG: middle frontal gyrus; IFGtriang: inferior frontal gyrus (triangular part); MTG: middle temporal gyrus; CAL: calcarine fissure; PCUN: precuneus; CUN: cuneus; IFGoperc: inferior frontal gyrus (opercular part); SOG: superior occipital gyrus; PreCG: precentral gyrus; PoCG: postcentral gyrus; ORBinf: inferior frontal gyrus (orbital part); ITG: inferior temporal gyrus; CAU: caudate nucleus; ACG: anterior cingulate; SFG: superior frontal gyrus; ANG: angular gyrus; SMG: supramarginal gyrus; IPL: inferior parietal gyrus; NA: not applicable; L: left; B: bilateral; R: right.