Brain Responses to Acupuncture Are Probably Dependent on the Brain Functional Status
Table 1
Group analysis results of brain activation areas in the normal group.
Group analysis
Regions (BA)
Side
Peak value
Coordinate (Talairach)
Voxel size
Peak
Peak
Peak
Lobule IX of cerebellum
R
4.11
−10.5
49.5
−27.5
92
Middle cingulate gyrus (6)
L
3.10
7.5
28.5
59.5
78
Rolandic operculum (43), SII
R
3.51
−49.5
16.5
17.5
71
Parahippocampal gyrus (38)
R
3.57
−22.5
−7.5
−33.5
69
Lobule IX of cerebellum
R
3.51
−7.5
55.5
−30.5
58
Insula (13)
R
3.59
−31.5
19.5
8.5
57
Parahippocampal gyrus (20)
L
4.05
28.5
13.5
−27.5
43
Inferior frontal gyrus (45)
L
3.93
55.5
−16.5
5.5
38
Inferior temporal gyrus (37)
R
3.60
−55.5
55.5
−3.5
37
Normal group
Lobule IX of cerebellum
L
3.05
13.5
49.5
−42.5
31
Lobule III of cerebellum
R
4.04
−10.5
34.5
−30.5
29
Insula (13)
L
3.35
34.5
4.5
−3.5
28
Lobule VIIIa of cerebellum
R
3.30
−13.5
70.5
−48.5
27
Lobule VIIIb of cerebellum
R
3.52
−19.5
37.5
−45.5
26
Supramarginal gyrus (13), SII
L
2.97
49.5
22.5
23.5
25
Lingual gyrus (18)
R
3.42
−25.5
82.5
−18.5
23
Superior temporal gyrus (22)
L
3.63
46.5
16.5
−0.5
22
Lobule VIIa of cerebellum
R
3.62
−16.5
79.5
−21.5
21
Postcentral gyrus (3), SI
R
3.20
−19.5
34.5
62.5
20
BA: Brodmann area; L: left; R: right; SI: primary somatosensory cortex; SII: secondary somatosensory cortex; the threshold was set to , (corrected with the Monte Carlo method).
