Table 3. Functional connectivity within and between main regions and statistical results in the gamma bands for the ST36 and NAP groups.
| Gamma | ||||||||
| Group ST36 | Group NAP | |||||||
| Areas | B_rest | P_rest | t value | P value | B_rest | P_rest | t value | P value |
| LC | 0.2669±0.0856 | 0.2473±0.0798 | −1.553 | 0.144 | 0.2777±0.0880 | 0.2656±0.0902 | −1.584 | 0.137 |
| LF | 0.2187±0.0825 | 0.2104±0.0660 | −0.884 | 0.393 | 0.2279±0.0934 | 0.2244±0.0892 | −0.605 | 0.555 |
| LO | 0.3412±0.0549 | 0.3658±0.0590 | 2.369 | 0.034 | 0.3163±0.0342 | 0.3256±0.0363 | 2.763 | 0.016 |
| LP | 0.4430±0.0723 | 0.4307±0.0766 | −0.886 | 0.392 | 0.4486±0.0879 | 0.4432±0.0883 | −0.574 | 0.576 |
| LT | 0.2145±0.0333 | 0.2232±0.0321 | 1.850 | 0.087 | 0.2131±0.0483 | 0.2133±0.0454 | 0.068 | 0.947 |
| RC | 0.2281±0.0739 | 0.2112±0.0791 | −1.672 | 0.118 | 0.2396±0.0753 | 0.2275±0.0789 | −1.550 | 0.145 |
| RF | 0.2568±0.0768 | 0.2578±0.0762 | 0.109 | 0.915 | 0.2640±0.0904 | 0.2632±0.0797 | −0.112 | 0.913 |
| RO | 0.3197±0.0410 | 0.3144±0.0309 | −0.547 | 0.594 | 0.3127±0.0388 | 0.3151±0.0415 | 0.768 | 0.456 |
| RP | 0.4719±0.0726 | 0.4598±0.0813 | −0.759 | 0.462 | 0.4822±0.0734 | 0.4696±0.0759 | −1.279 | 0.223 |
| RT | 0.2260±0.0264 | 0.2309±0.0297 | 0.869 | 0.401 | 0.2212±0.0428 | 0.2213±0.0372 | 0.028 | 0.978 |
| LF_LP | 0.0297±0.0187 | 0.0331±0.0188 | 1.319 | 0.210 | 0.0338±0.0405 | 0.0368±0.0368 | 0.964 | 0.353 |
| LF_LT | 0.0489±0.0209 | 0.0546±0.0228 | 1.093 | 0.079 | 0.0528±0.0453 | 0.0558±0.0400 | 1.086 | 0.297 |
| LO_LP | 0.1055±0.0176 | 0.1209±0.0266 | 2.460 | 0.029 | 0.0987±0.0332 | 0.1085±0.0317 | 3.099 | 0.008 |
| LO_LT | 0.0790±0.0198 | 0.0945±0.0255 | 2.411 | 0.031 | 0.0768±0.0280 | 0.0816±0.0257 | 1.192 | 0.255 |
| RF_RP | 0.0325±0.0160 | 0.0353±0.0190 | 0.806 | 0.435 | 0.0327±0.0210 | 0.0315±0.0153 | −0.423 | 0.679 |
| RF_RT | 0.0630±0.0219 | 0.0710±0.0247 | 1.894 | 0.081 | 0.0634±0.0373 | 0.0660±0.0261 | 0.452 | 0.659 |
| RO_RP | 0.1098±0.0214 | 0.1115±0.0212 | 0.449 | 0.661 | 0.1106±0.0280 | 0.1085±0.0296 | −1.169 | 0.263 |
| RO_RT | 0.0734±0.0183 | 0.0780±0.0184 | 1.059 | 0.309 | 0.0692±0.0209 | 0.0714±0.0212 | 1.206 | 0.249 |
| LC_RC | 0.0534±0.0289 | 0.0488±0.0320 | −1.261 | 0.229 | 0.0519±0.0317 | 0.0506±0.0341 | −0.327 | 0.749 |
| LF_RF | 0.0639±0.0396 | 0.0679±0.0386 | 0.858 | 0.407 | 0.0689±0.0695 | 0.0689±0.0602 | −0.002 | 0.999 |
| LO_RO | 0.1084±0.0352 | 0.1098±0.0330 | 0.143 | 0.889 | 0.0976±0.0381 | 0.1046±0.0405 | 1.865 | 0.085 |
| LP_RP | 0.1192±0.0302 | 0.1210±0.0326 | 0.319 | 0.755 | 0.1176±0.0449 | 0.1176±0.0393 | 0.008 | 0.994 |
| LT_RT | 0.0650±0.0245 | 0.0700±0.0269 | 1.189 | 0.256 | 0.0648±0.0374 | 0.0634±0.0346 | −0.333 | 0.744 |
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.