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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Jun 26.
Published in final edited form as: Pain. 2008 Mar 11;136(3):407–418. doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2008.01.011

Table 1.

Brain regions in the DMN and SMN modulated by both verum and sham acupuncture.

Hemisphere BA Z-score x y z Average Z-score Before Average Z-score After
DMN: ACUP
Amygdala Right 2.45 30 −7 −23 0.54 3.2
Hippocampal formation Right 3.39 27 −17 −19 1.51 4.27
Periaqueductal Grey Left 3.44 −3 −30 −6 0.49 3.61
Substantia Nigra Left 3.30 −9 −26 −12 0.72 3.94
Middle Temporal Gyrus Left 21 3.96 −57 3 −24 0.75 3.81
Supplementary Motor Area Left 6 4.12 −1 −21 59 −0.13 3.31
Anterior Cingulate Cortex Left 24 3.03 −4 8 41 0.21 3.23
Posterior Parietal Cortex Left 7 4.77 −24 −43 70 −1.11 3.31
Visual Cortex Left 17 3.55 −7 −93 −2 0.85 3.52
DMN: SHAM
Temporal Occipital Junction Left 37/19/39 2.94 −45 −83 11 0.00 3.06
Middle Temporal Gyrus Left 21 −3.55 −54 3 −17 3.98 1.98
Inferior Temporal Gyrus Left 20 −4.16 −34 5 −41 3.74 0.78
SMN: ACUP
Anterior Cingulate Cortex Right 24/32 4.22 5 21 38 0.78 3.53
Pre-SMA Right 8/6 4.00 7 6 59 1.26 4.15
Cerebellum, VI / Left 3.59 −32 −49 −31 −0.10 3.21
SMN: SHAM
Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex Left 8 −3.37 −52 9 39 3.54 1.25