Differential Localization of Pain-Related and Pain-Unrelated Neural Responses for Acupuncture at BL60 Using BOLD fMRI
Table 2
Activated and deactivated brain areas during the verum acupuncture before and after anesthesia.
Area
Side
KE
peak
score
Acup > base (pre-anesthetic)
Cortex
Frontal lobe, superior frontal gyrus
L
BA 8
24
5.32
4.07
12
3.82
3.23
Frontal lobe, middle frontal gyrus BA 8
L
33
5.80
4.30
Frontal lobe, medial frontal gyrus
R
14
3.77
3.20
Parietal lobe, inferior parietal lobule BA 40
L
127
5.65
4.23
Limbic lobe, posterior cingulate BA 40
L
177
5.11
3.97
Temporal lobe, superior temporal gyrus BA 22
R
54
4.61
3.70
Sub-lobar, thalamus
R
17
4.41
3.59
Temporal lobe, middle temporal gyrus
R
14
4.33
3.54
31
3.97
3.32
Limbic lobe, cingulate gyrus BA 24
L
11
3.88
3.27
Cerebellum
Anterior lobe, culmen
L
35
4.64
3.72
Posterior lobe, cerebellar tonsil
L
24
4.11
3.41
Acup > base (post-anesthetic)
None
Acup < base (pre-anesthetic)
Cortex
Parietal lobe, postcentral gyrus BA 1
L
14
4.02
3.35
Acup < base (post-anesthetic)
Cortex
Occipital lobe, middle occipital gyrus
R
1144
6.11
4.44
Occipital lobe, middle occipital gyrus
L
59
4.77
3.39
Occipital lobe, inferior temporal gyrus
L
63
4.46
3.62
Parietal lobe, postcentral gyrus BA 40
R
83
4.79
3.80
Parietal lobe, precuneus BA 7
L
47
4.27
3.50
Parietal lobe, superior parietal lobule BA 7
L
10
3.95
3.31
Cerebellum
Posterior lobe, declive
L
427
6.60
4.65
(cluster level) < 0.001, cluster size ≥ 10 voxels. Acup: verum acupuncture; base: baseline visual stimulation by showing a video clip of a leg; R: right; L: left; KE: expected voxels per cluster.