Research Article

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 SideKE peak score

Acup > base
(pre-anesthetic)
Cortex
 Frontal lobe, superior frontal gyrusL
 BA 8 245.324.07
123.823.23
 Frontal lobe, middle frontal gyrus
 BA 8
L335.804.30
 Frontal lobe, medial frontal gyrus
R
143.773.20
 Parietal lobe, inferior parietal lobule
 BA 40
L1275.654.23
 Limbic lobe, posterior cingulate
 BA 40
L1775.113.97
 Temporal lobe, superior temporal gyrus
 BA 22
R544.613.70
 Sub-lobar, thalamus R174.413.59
 Temporal lobe, middle temporal gyrusR
144.333.54
313.973.32
 Limbic lobe, cingulate gyrus
 BA 24
L113.883.27
Cerebellum
 Anterior lobe, culmen L354.643.72
 Posterior lobe, cerebellar tonsil L244.113.41

Acup > base
(post-anesthetic)
None

Acup < base
(pre-anesthetic)
Cortex
 Parietal lobe, postcentral gyrus
 BA 1
L144.023.35

Acup < base
(post-anesthetic)
Cortex
 Occipital lobe, middle occipital gyrus
R11446.114.44
 Occipital lobe, middle occipital gyrus
L594.773.39
 Occipital lobe, inferior temporal gyrus
L634.463.62
 Parietal lobe, postcentral gyrus
 BA 40
R834.793.80
 Parietal lobe, precuneus
 BA 7
L474.273.50
 Parietal lobe, superior parietal lobule
 BA 7
L103.953.31
Cerebellum
 Posterior lobe, declive L4276.604.65

(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.