Acupuncture Decreases Blood Pressure Related to Hypothalamus Functional Connectivity with Frontal Lobe, Cerebellum, and Insula: A Study of Instantaneous and Short-Term Acupuncture Treatment in Essential Hypertension

Table 3

The changes in functional connectivity before and after once acupuncture in LR3 group.

ROI	Regions	HS	BA	Cluster size (voxels)	Peak intensity	⁢Peak MNI coordinate
ROI 1	Superior frontal gyrus	R	10	581	−5.5292	21	51	24
	Sublobar extranuclear	L	—	512	5.7772	−9	−18	24
ROI 2	Frontal lobe subgyral	R	—	233	5.1657	27	24	39
	Frontal lobe subgyral	L	—	332	4.6882	−15	24	45
	Limbic lobe cingulate gyrus	L	24	337	−5.2389	−6	−12	42
ROI 3	Frontal lobe medial frontal gyrus	R	—	287	5.4445	9	42	21
	Frontal lobe medial frontal gyrus	L	—	260	−5.64	−9	−15	51
ROI 4	Frontal lobe middle frontal gyrus	R	—	319	5.253	36	12	42
	Frontal lobe medial frontal gyrus	R	—	256	4.5799	9	45	21
	Frontal lobe middle frontal gyrus	L	9	284	6.6073	−42	15	33

HS: hemisphere, BA: Brodmann’s area.