Table 1. Functional connectivity within and between main regions and statistical results in the delta bands for the ST36 and NAP groups.
| Delta | ||||||||
| Group ST36 | Group NAP | |||||||
| Areas | B_rest | P_rest | t value | P value | B_rest | P_rest | t value | P value |
| LC | 0.3902±0.0525 | 0.4215±0.0612 | 1.949 | 0.073 | 0.4247±0.0864 | 0.4579±0.0937 | 1.693 | 0.114 |
| LF | 0.5480±0.1057 | 0.5908±0.0958 | 1.961 | 0.072 | 0.4953±0.1029 | 0.5077±0.1127 | 0.613 | 0.551 |
| LO | 0.3930±0.0482 | 0.4671±0.0748 | 4.579 | 0.001 | 0.4631±0.1203 | 0.4979±0.1018 | 1.424 | 0.178 |
| LP | 0.5383±0.0670 | 0.5721±0.0692 | 2.063 | 0.060 | 0.5481±0.0926 | 0.5777±0.0996 | 2.130 | 0.053 |
| LT | 0.3650±0.0840 | 0.4387±0.0915 | 5.416 | 0.0001 | 0.3999±0.0855 | 0.4204±0.1057 | 0.904 | 0.383 |
| RC | 0.3760±0.0801 | 0.4191±0.0730 | 3.055 | 0.009 | 0.4287±0.1261 | 0.4727±0.1038 | 1.947 | 0.073 |
| RF | 0.4830±0.1551 | 0.5917±0.1316 | 4.761 | 0.0004 | 0.5248±0.1133 | 0.5546±0.1545 | 1.088 | 0.297 |
| RO | 0.3940±0.0684 | 0.4176±0.0475 | 1.238 | 0.238 | 0.4862±0.1740 | 0.4738±0.4738 | −0.539 | 0.599 |
| RP | 0.4592±0.0580 | 0.4670±0.0869 | 0.483 | 0.637 | 0.4986±0.1353 | 0.4962±0.1146 | −0.341 | 0.868 |
| RT | 0.3671±0.1044 | 0.4361±0.1276 | 3.063 | 0.009 | 0.4110±0.1107 | 0.4461±0.1150 | 1.689 | 0.115 |
| LF_LP | 0.1789±0.0533 | 0.1767±0.0914 | −0.119 | 0.907 | 0.1595±0.0910 | 0.2096±0.0645 | 3.131 | 0.008 |
| LF_LT | 0.2399±0.0568 | 0.2853±0.0521 | 2.670 | 0.019 | 0.2373±0.0733 | 0.2541±0.0757 | 0.804 | 0.436 |
| LO_LP | 0.2020±0.0617 | 0.2363±0.0871 | 1.693 | 0.114 | 0.2528±0.1492 | 0.2926±0.1146 | 2.187 | 0.048 |
| LO_LT | 0.1451±0.0335 | 0.1965±0.0663 | 2.840 | 0.014 | 0.1904±0.0914 | 0.2037±0.0457 | 0.562 | 0.583 |
| RF_RP | 0.1428±0.0422 | 0.1755±0.0995 | 1.371 | 0.194 | 0.1751±0.1063 | 0.2157±0.0799 | 2.561 | 0.024 |
| RF_RT | 0.2314±0.0820 | 0.3007±0.1019 | 3.155 | 0.008 | 0.2751±0.0860 | 0.3262±0.1027 | 2.382 | 0.033 |
| RO_RP | 0.1730±0.0445 | 0.2027±0.0516 | 1.812 | 0.093 | 0.2458±0.1913 | 0.2522±0.1559 | 0.301 | 0.768 |
| RO_RT | 0.1609±0.0445 | 0.2164±0.0595 | 2.653 | 0.020 | 0.2049±0.0863 | 0.2161±0.0593 | 0.433 | 0.672 |
| LC_RC | 0.1626±0.0428 | 0.1775±0.0616 | 0.903 | 0.383 | 0.1789±0.1003 | 0.2322±0.0709 | 2.239 | 0.043 |
| LF_RF | 0.3104±0.1285 | 0.3755±0.1183 | 3.369 | 0.005 | 0.2740±0.0890 | 0.3067±0.1145 | 1.169 | 0.263 |
| LO_RO | 0.1637±0.0508 | 0.1892±0.0763 | 1.149 | 0.271 | 0.2314±0.1829 | 0.2209±0.1128 | −0.436 | 0.670 |
| LP_RP | 0.1516±0.0567 | 0.1525±0.0748 | 0.056 | 0.956 | 0.1677±0.1118 | 0.2200±0.0976 | 2.724 | 0.017 |
| LT_RT | 0.1811±0.0572 | 0.2349±0.0740 | 3.163 | 0.007 | 0.2552±0.0961 | 0.2791±0.1143 | 1.083 | 0.298 |
Significant differences are indicated in bold (P<0.05). L = left, R = right. C = central, F = frontal, O = occipital, P = parietal, T = temporal. B_rest, resting data before acupuncture. P_rest, resting data after acupuncture.