An fMRI Study of Neuronal Specificity in Acupuncture: The Multiacupoint Siguan and Its Sham Point
Table 1
Brain regions activated by acupuncture stimulation at the real acupoint (Siguan) (compared with the resting-state).
Brain areas
BA
Side
Cluster size
Talairach
-value
Calcarine gyrus
L
419
−1.5
−67.5
20.5
5.54
Middle occipital gyrus*
R
85
34.5
−61.5
29.5
5.39
Middle occipital gyrus
19
L
21
−28.5
−82.5
20.5
4.53
Middle temporal gyrus
R
42
46.5
−70.5
5.5
4.55
22
L
79
−49.5
−58.5
14.5
4.29
Inferior temporal gyrus
L
39
−43.5
−19.5
−15.5
4.19
Inferior frontal gyrus
L
74
−40.5
22.5
−6.5
4.77
Superior medial prefrontal gyrus
10
L
29
−4.5
58.5
2.5
4.26
Anterior cingulate cortex
10
R
17
4.5
49.5
8.5
3.35
Postcentral gyrus
L
21
−28.5
−31.5
47.5
4.06
Caudate nucleus
L
37
−19.5
28.5
11.5
3.88
Cerebellum (crus 2)
L
41
−31.5
−67.5
−33.5
4.34
R
28
22.5
−79.5
−27.5
4.47
Cerebellum (VIII)*
R
30
7.5
−49.5
−54.5
3.66
The peak voxel for each cluster and the corresponding name of the anatomical region are given. Asterisks indicate peak voxels located in the white matter. In these cases, we labeled the brain region in which most voxels in the cluster were located. BA: Brodmann area. (AlphaSim correction).
