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

Table 2

Sites of changed brain glucose metabolism in the SHR + LR3 group versus the SHR 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
Agranular insular cortex
Anterior olfactory nucleus
Accumbens nucleus
Basal ganglia
Caudate putamen
Infralimbic cortex
Lateral orbital cortex
Medial orbital cortex
Medial amygdaloid nucleus
Olfactory bulb
Prelimbic cortex
Thalamus
Ventral orbital cortex
Ventral pallidum
Anterior commissure
Amygdaloid body
Dorsal thalamus lateral nucleus group
Dorsal thalamus
Hypothalamus tuberal region
Internal capsule
Nucleus around the septal area
Orbital cortex
Day 1
Cerebellum anterior lobe
Cerebellum posterior lobe
Medulla oblongata
Sensory cortex
Day 8
Lateral dorsal thalamus
Nucleus group
Dorsal thalamus
Striatum
Day 8
Medulla oblongata

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