Ipsilateral Putamen and Insula Activation by Both Left and Right GB34 Acupuncture Stimulation: An fMRI Study on Healthy Participants

Table 2

Areas of brain activation induced by acupuncture stimulation on either the left or the right GB34.

Regions	Left acupuncture					Right acupuncture
	Talairach					Talairach
				value					value
Frontal lobe
Middle frontal gyrus	44.82	2.14	39.47	4.82	6	30.43	41.09	6.92	4.98	9, 10, 46
Parietal lobe
Postcentral gyrus	−56.87	−29.48	20.34	4.45	40
Inferior parietal lobule R						55.95	−32.45	27.37	4.02	40
Sublobar
Thalamus R	8.21	−1.99	6.03	4.62		10.03	−5.9	7.49	5.95
Thalamus L	−17.77	−18.8	5.8	5.01
Putamen R						22.95	6.55	14.29	3.98
Putamen L	−25.06	−1.47	1.91	7.03
Lateral globus pallidus R						24.92	−9.01	0.24	6.62
Medial globus pallidus R						15.7	−5.06	−1.34	4.09
Caudate body L	−10.3	5.39	8.22	4.58
Hypothalamus R	2.81	−6.33	−7.09	4.67
Insula R						52.34	−31.74	20.17	5.57	13
Insula L	−43.7	−7.83	10	6.31	13
Extranuclear R	32.52	14.36	−8.23	5.41	13
Claustrum L	−25.27	−19.46	12.82	4.86
Midbrain
Subthalamic nucleus R	8.32	−13.99	−5.92	5.03
Cerebellum
Cerebellar tonsil R						34.44	−49.12	−32.22	13.14
Cerebellar tonsil L						−4.44	−54.51	−33.39	3.82
Culmen R						36.25	−45.75	−28.27	9.12
Culmen L						0.82	−42.07	−6.9	4.05
Uvula L						−11.92	−66	−31	3.71

area, = right hemisphere, and = left hemisphere.