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

Table 3

Neural response comparison between left and right GB34 acupuncture stimulation.

Regions	Left > right					Left < right
	Talairach					Talairach
				value					value
Frontal lobe
Middle frontal gyrus						32.4	40.91	8.7	4.42	10
Medial frontal gyrus	−10.83	8.83	49.97	3.4	6
Precentral gyrus L	−45.84	−4.5	33.7	3.3	6
Parietal lobe
Postcentral gyrus L	−29.43	−37.48	43.47	3.51	3
Sublobar
Thalamus L	−23.45	−23.37	14.28	3.24
Putamen L	−25.32	−3.38	21.55	5.29
Caudate body L	−8.43	5.55	6.46	3.91
Hypothalamus R	2.81	−4.47	−6.91	3.9
Insula L	−43.67	−7.66	8.22	5.26	13
Limbic lobe
Parahippocampal gyrus R	15.58	−40.63	−2.91	3.32	30
Cingulate gyrus L	−14.59	−4.37	50.46	3.26	24
Midbrain
Subthalamic nucleus R	8.29	−16.02	−4.31	3.71
Cerebellum
Cerebellar tonsil R	19.63	−60.05	−35.31	3.4
Fastigium L	−8.29	−57.4	−22.92	3.24

area, = right hemisphere, and = left hemisphere.