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

Table 4

Comparison of common brain regions activated between real acupuncture (ACU) versus minimal sham acupuncture (SHAM). Regions of interest (ROIs) used for the comparisons were the hypothalamus (HYP) and left and right amygdala (AMY). These uncorrected comparisons were set at with a value of 2.898.

Region of interest	Common brain regions	value	value
HYP	MFG and PCUN	0.005	2.898
LEFT AMY	ORBinf, TPOsup, and SFG	0.005	2.989
RIGHT AMY	ITG, cerebellum crus 2, MTG, IFGoperc, and SMG	0.005	2.898

MFG: medial frontal gyrus; PCUN: precuneus; ORBinf: inferior frontal gyrus (orbital part); TPOsup: temporal pole: superior temporal gyrus; SFG: superior frontal gyrus; ITG: inferior temporal gyrus; MTG: middle temporal gyrus; IFGoperc: inferior frontal gyrus (opercular part); SMG: supramarginal gyrus.