Brain Responses to Acupuncture Are Probably Dependent on the Brain Functional Status
Table 2
Group analysis results of brain activation areas in each of the patient groups.
Group analysis
Regions (BA)
Side
Peak value
Coordinate (Talairach)
Voxel size
Peak
Peak
Peak
Lobule IX of the cerebellum
L
3.51
7.5
37.5
−39.5
49
Lingual gyrus (18)
L
3.32
7.5
73.5
−9.5
35
Early group
Middle frontal gyrus (8)
L
−3.45
37.5
−16.5
38.5
34
Lobule IX of the cerebellum
L
3.45
7.5
58.5
−39.5
30
Inferior temporal gyrus (20)
R
−3.54
−61.5
13.5
−18.5
28
Middle cingulate gyrus(24)
R
3.85
−7.5
7.5
47.5
28
Lobule VIIa of the cerebellum
R
3.66
−16.5
79.5
−21.5
98
Superior temporal gyrus (38)
R
3.39
−34.5
−4.5
−12.5
85
Fusiform gyrus (19)
R
3.24
−28.5
64.5
−15.5
71
Lobule VI of the cerebellum
L
3.48
22.5
61.5
−24.5
68
Lingual gyrus (18)
L
3.49
7.5
85.5
−15.5
59
Middle temporal gyrus (19)
R
3.16
−43.5
61.5
14.5
58
Culmen of the cerebellum
L
3.26
4.5
43.5
−3.5
54
Lobule VI of the cerebellum
R
3.79
−28.5
64.5
−21.5
50
Posterior cingulate gyrus (31)
R
3.13
−7.5
49.5
29.5
50
Thalamus
L
3.61
10.5
25.5
−3.5
49
Later group
Parahippocampal gyrus (30)
R
4.78
−13.5
37.5
−6.5
49
Lingual gyrus (18)
R
3.35
−13.5
82.5
−12.5
37
Fusiform gyrus (36)
L
3.80
49.5
46.5
−24.5
36
Inferior frontal gyrus (47)
R
4.17
−43.5
−19.5
-6.5
35
Fusiform gyrus (19)
L
4.48
37.5
76.5
−18.5
32
Insula (13)
R
3.07
−43.5
19.5
17.5
29
Middle temporal gyrus (21)
R
3.92
−49.5
1.5
−15.5
28
Lobule VI of the cerebellum
L
3.54
16.5
70.5
−21.5
27
Vermis of the cerebellum
L
4.03
−1.5
76.5
−33.5
25
Lobule VI of the cerebellum
R
2.95
−13.5
58.5
−15.5
22
Middle cingulate gyrus (24)
R
3.18
−4.5
4.5
35.5
20
BA: Brodmann area; L: left; R: right; SII: secondary somatosensory cortex. The threshold was set to , (corrected with the Monte Carlo method). No activated area was found above the threshold in the recovered group.
