The Effects of Acupuncture Stimulation for Brain Activation and Alcohol Abstinence Self-Efficacy: Functional MRI Study
Table 2
Significant brain activation area for acupuncture stimulation relative to rest block.
Brain region
Brodmann area
Peak MNI coordinates
Peak -value
Number of voxels
HT 7 group: acupuncture stimulation-rest contrast
Right
Postcentral gyrus
1
62
42
5.82
496
Inferior parietal lobule
40
60
32
4.68
c
Inferior frontal gyrus
47
30
30
0
5.39
160
Claustrum
—
28
18
2
4.53
c
Cerebellum
—
0
5.36
85
Insula
13
38
2
14
4.22
18
Left
Claustrum
—
−4
4
6.14
760
Insula
13
6
12
4.22
c
Postcentral gyrus
1
4.82
481
Inferior parietal lobule
40
4.81
c
Cerebellum
—
4.78
29
Cerebellum
—
4.61
116
Inferior frontal gyrus
13
26
10
4.40
30
LI5 group: acupuncture stimulation-rest contrast
Right
Inferior parietal lobule
40
60
46
4.14
34
Left
Claustrum
—
16
4.57
19
value is uncorrected at . a: anterior lobe; b: posterior lobe; c: an activation area that belongs to the cluster listed in above. HT7: experimental acupoint. LI5: control acupoint.
