Effect of Acupuncture at LR3 on Cerebral Glucose Metabolism in a Rat Model of Hypertension: A ¹⁸F-FDG-PET Study

Table 1

Sites of changed brain glucose metabolism in the SHR group versus the WKY group at 60 min after initial acupuncture or 24 h after completion of the 7-day treatment period.

Anatomical structure	Max_	Peak coordinates (mm)
		Day 1
Motor cortex
Sensory cortex
Visual cortex
Day 1
Infralimbic cortex
Thalamus
Ventral orbital cortex
Dorsal thalamus lateral nucleus group
Dorsal thalamus
Orbital cortex
Hypothalamus
Day 8
Cingulate cortex
Basal ganglia
Caudate putamen
Corpus callosum
Cingulate gyrus
Motor cortex
Sensory cortex
Visual cortex
Day 8
Infralimbic cortex
Thalamus
Ventral orbital cortex
Cerebellum anterior lobe
Dorsal thalamus lateral
nucleus group
Dorsal thalamus
Orbital cortex

The upward arrow indicates increased glucose metabolism, and the downward arrow indicates decreased glucose metabolism.