Cerebral Responses to Acupuncture at GV24 and Bilateral GB13 in Rat Models of Alzheimer’s Disease

Table 3

Areas with higher PET signals (acupoint group versus model group).

Area	Size (voxels)	Local maximum value	Talairach coordinates (mm)			Side	Related brain region	Panel in Figure 3(b)
			1	1608	3.93				−1.20	6.21	−0.84	Left	Bed nucleus of stria terminalis	B1
2	1608	4.84	0.29	6.59	−2.52	Right	Dorsal thalamus-lateral nucleus group	B1
3	1608	5.85	0.03	7.03	−2.76	Right	Dorsal thalamus-midline nucleus group	B1
4	1608	5.34	0.03	7.22	−3.24	Right	Hypothalamus-mammillary region	B1
5	1608	3.71	0.28	7.57	−2.04	Right	Hypothalamus-supraoptic region	B1
6	1608	5.24	−0.24	7.58	−2.52	Left	Hypothalamus-tuberal region	B1
7	482	4.50	3.65	6.60	−3.72	Right	Midbrain-cerebral peduncle	B2
8	482	3.76	0.70	7.26	−3.24	Right	Midbrain tegmentum	B2
9	259	3.99	1.22	7.44	−11.64	Right	Pontine tegmentum	B1