Structural Changes Induced by Acupuncture in the Recovering Brain after Ischemic Stroke

Table 2

The cerebral GMV changes in Group A after treatment (end of treatment minus baseline).

Region	Side	Talairach			t value	BA	Voxel	Sign
		frontal lobe	L	15					−10	61	7.00	-	1768
R	−8		39	31	6.24	-	674
Precentral gyrus	L	−32	6	48	7.13	BA6	233
Superior Parietal gyrus	L	−18	−57	48	6.98	-	358
Inferior Parietal gyrus	R	50	−34	40	6.66	-	308
Anterior Cingulate cortex	L	−10	44	7	6.44	BA32	378
Middle Temporal gyrus	L	56	−12	−21	6.18	BA21-	230

Notes. Group A received standard conventional treatment and acupuncture treatment. BA: Brodmann area; L: left; R: right; before treatment versus after treatment in group A, ; family-wise error corrected with a minimal cluster size of 30 voxels.