Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Research Article

Cerebral Activity Changes in Different Traditional Chinese Medicine Patterns of Psychogenic Erectile Dysfunction Patients

Table 2

Comparison between psychogenic ED patients and healthy subjects: resting brain activity.


Regions	Sign	Side	Talairach			value	BA
Regions	Sign	Side				value	BA

Cerebellum	↑	R	11	−64	−50	3.40	—
Cerebellum	↑	L	−26	−37	−35	3.13	—
Insula	↑	R	32	23	−2	3.48	BA47
Insula	↑	L	−32	22	−3	4.06	BA48
Globus pallidus	↑	R	20	2	8	2.66	—
Globus pallidus	↑	L	−10	1	−1	2.75	—
Parahippocampal gyrus	↑	R	33	−25	−17	3.29	BA20
Parahippocampal gyrus	↑	L	−25	−24	−16	3.03	BA20
OFC	↑	R	8	30	−13	3.13	BA11
OFC	↑	L	−7	29	−12	2.68	BA11
MCC	↑	R	11	23	38	2.79	BA32
MCC	↑	L	−7	20	36	2.81	BA32
Putamen	↑	R	23	0	8	2.56	—
Superior temporal gyrus	↑	R	44	−42	7	4.01	BA21
Rectus gyrus	↑	L	−7	30	−17	2.99	BA11
Supplementary motor area	↑	L	−10	0	67	2.72	BA6
Supplementary motor area	↑	L	−8	16	48	3.98	BA32
Brainstem	↓	R	3	−35	−30	−3.13	—
Brainstem	↓	L	−1	−34	−29	−2.88	—
Precentral gyrus	↓	L	−44	2	42	−3.23	BA6
MCC	↓	R	2	−28	34	−3.40	BA23
Superior parietal lobule	↓	R	16	−44	66	−2.83	BA5
Superiortemporalgyrus	↓	R	60	−10	11	−4	BA48
Precuneus	↓	R	10	−65	37	−2.80	BA7
Precuneus	↓	L	−10	−65	35	−3.05	BA7

“Sign” indicates whether the structure showed a signal increase or decrease. “↑/↓”: increase/decrease. R: right; L: left; BA: Brodmann area; OFC: orbitofrontal cortex; MCC: middle cingulate cortex; , a minimal cluster size of 50 voxels.