An fMRI Study of Neuronal Specificity in Acupuncture: The Multiacupoint Siguan and Its Sham Point
Table 3
Brain regions activated more by stimulation at the real acupoint than by stimulation at the sham acupoint.
Brain areas
BA
Side
Cluster size
Talairach
-value
Inferior frontal gyrus
L
116
−31.5
28.5
−12.5
3.30
Superior medial prefrontal gyrus
10
R
32
4.5
61.5
−0.5
3.18
Mid orbital gyrus
L
27
−1.5
37.5
−12.5
2.68
Medial temporal pole
38
R
39
31.5
13.5
−33.5
3.14
Parahippocampal gyrus
L
26
−28.5
−22.5
−18.5
3.12
Precuneus
23
L
68
−1.5
−58.5
17.5
3.53
Fusiform gyrus
20
L
76
−31.5
−10.5
−27.5
3.08
Pallidum
L
33
−19.5
−1.5
5.5
3.05
Middle occipital gyrus
L
80
−25.5
−88.5
17.5
3.17
The peak voxel for each cluster and the corresponding name of the anatomical region are given. In these cases, we labeled the brain region in which most voxels in the cluster were located. BA: Brodmann area. (AlphaSim correction).
