The Effects of Acupuncture at Real or Sham Acupoints on the Intrinsic Brain Activity in Mild Cognitive Impairment Patients

Table 5

The brain areas of ALFF signal change significantly in MCI patients with acupuncture at KI3 compared with no acupuncture in the resting state.

Volume	Anatomical area	BA	H				Peak value	Peak value
1134	Parahippocampal gyrus	28	L	−13.5	−13.5	−9.5	5.644
972	Middle frontal gyrus		R	28.5	7.5	32.5	6.9909
891	Cingulate gyrus		L	−25.5	1.5	29.5	7.117
702	Cingulate gyrus	6	L	−25.5	−10.5	38.5	7.0511
	Middle frontal gyrus
621	Subthalamic nucleus (thalamus)		R	10.5	−16.5	−3.5	9.6493

BA: Brodmann area; H: hemisphere; : -axis; : -axis; : -axis; L: left; and R: right.