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. 2012 Dec 17;2012:467061. doi: 10.1155/2012/467061

Table 3.

Changes of activations between PSGS and NO PSGS.

Regions Tactile Acupuncture
Increased voxels no. Decreased voxels no. Disappeared voxels no. Arisen voxels no. Increased voxels no. Decreased voxels no. Disappeared voxels no. Arisen voxels no.
Brainstem
 Midbrain L 44 64 46 14 25 6
R 11 56 15 21 23

Inferior frontal gyrus (9)
 BA 9, 44, 45, 46, 47 L 29 (31) 72 (94) 23 (19) 10 (14) 15 (16)
R 48 (61) 134 (208) 38 (57) 8 (12) 13 (22) (16)
Medial frontal gyrus
 BA 6, 8, 32 L 5 8 (5) 7 11 (11)
R 16 (11) 29 (5) 5 5
Middle frontal gyrus
 BA 6, 8, 9 L 5 12 (5) 47 (35)
R 18 (25) 77 (120) 22 (17)
Superior frontal gyrus
 BA 6, 8 L 7 13 (5) 6
R 20 (7) 17 (35) 16 6 7 (16) 6
Precentral gyrus
 BA 4, 6, 43, 44 L 6 50 (49) 34 (23) 26 (30) 9 (22) 11 (6)
R 5 39 (42) 37 (30) 34 (36) 6 (12) (6)

Anterior cingulate
 BA 24, 33 L 18 5 (6)
R 5 5 (5)
Cingulate gyrus
 BA 24, 32 L (12) 22 (46) 55 (16) 21 (17) 9 (33) 9 (8)
R 40 (36) 11 (6) 22 (17) 16 (5)

Postcentral gyrus
 BA 1, 2, 3 L 6 51 22 20 26 13
R 9 29 19 29
 BA 40, 43 L 29 (106) 14 (47) 26 (59) (60) 12 (38)
R (20) 25 (78) 10 (29) 23 (91) (5)
Inferior parietal lobule
 BA 40 L 11 (12) 89 (107) 77 (78) 80 (42) 16 (48) 20 (26)
R 5 51 (74) 33 (40) 31 (62) 53 (40) 12 (26)
Supramarginal gyrus
 BA 40 L 5 (8) 9 (41) 5
R 5 (20) 5 8 (5) (12)
 Thalamus L 63 92 45 53 27
R 29 44 42 33 25
Insula
 BA 13 L 5 (25) 108 (108) 96 (102) 107 (91) 24 (31) 20 (28) (5)
R 6 (18) 71 (165) 89 (110) 43 (170) 17 (21) 12 (12) 6 (14)
 Claustrum L 31 21 35 5 12 12
R 13 31 7 9
Extranuclear
 BA 13 L (7) (124) (200) (38) 5 (27) (93) (21)
R (10) (37) (308) (133) (16) (48) (21)
 Caudate R 13
 Putamen L 80 101 88 5 17 32
R 21 145 10 5 15 20
 Lateral globus pallidus L 17
R 5
Subgyral
 BA 21 L (16) 9 (71) (130) 6 (17) (14) (50) (10)
R (11) 6 (46) (109) 5 (75) (7)

Parahippocampal gyrus
 BA 34 L 5 (13)
R 5 (7)
 Amygdala L 5
R 5
Fusiform gyrus
 BA 19 R 9 (11)
Middle temporal gyrus
 BA 21, 37, 39 L (10) 21 (58) (15) (12) 6 (10)
R (8) 8 (27) 38 (57) (25) (20) (21)
Superior temporal gyrus
 BA 22, 38, 41, 42 L (5) 92 (97) 98 (133) 89 (20) 25 (13) 28 (21) 19 (9)
R 20 (13) 50 (63) 92 (67) 43 (138) 8 (5) 12 (7) 10 (11)
Transverse temporal gyrus
 BA 41, 42 L 20 (7) 21 (4)
R 10 5 7 (10)

Cerebellum
 Dentate L 8 19
 Culmen L 5 29 20 32
R 13 3 24
 Declive L 19 71 114 120 70 74 10
R 6 27 117 13 5 13 7
 Cerebellar tonsil L 5 16
R 5
 Fastigium L 7
 Nodule L 8
 Inferior semilunar lobule L 41 32
R 35
 Pyramis L 11 75 20 55
R 27

 Tuber L 8 37 30
 Uvula L 29 43 15 34
R 27

The coordination of voxel with the maximal t within each region is listed. The regions are thresholded at P < 0.001, uncorrected. The number of detected white matter is listed in the parenthesis of each region.

Abbreviations: BA: Brodmann area; L: left; R: right.