Acupuncture Enhances Communication between Cortices with Damaged White Matters in Poststroke Motor Impairment

<div>Correlation between FA and clinical scores. (a) FA value of the ipsilesional SLF-FP had a positive correlation with the FMA-L (<i>P</i> &lt; 0.000); (b) FA value of the ipsilesional SLF-FP had a negative correlation with the NIHSS (<i>P</i> = 0.004); (c) FA value of the ipsilesional SLFt had a negative correlation with NIHSS (<i>P</i> = 0.024). FA, Fractional anisotropy; FMA-L, FMA of the lower limb; NIHSS, National Institute of Health Stroke Scale; SLF-FP, frontoparietal part of the superior longitudinal fasciculus; SLFt, temporal part of the superior longitudinal fasciculus.</div>

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Figure 2: Acupuncture Enhances Communication between Cortices with Damaged White Matters in Poststroke Motor Impairment 