Table 3.
Brain regions activated more by stimulation at the real acupoint than by stimulation at the sham acupoint.
| Brain areas | BA | Side | Cluster size | Talairach | t-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| x | y | z | |||||
| Inferior frontal gyrus | L | 116 | −31.5 | 28.5 | −12.5 | 3.30 | |
| Superior medial prefrontal gyrus | 10 | R | 32 | 4.5 | 61.5 | −0.5 | 3.18 |
| Mid orbital gyrus | L | 27 | −1.5 | 37.5 | −12.5 | 2.68 | |
| Medial temporal pole | 38 | R | 39 | 31.5 | 13.5 | −33.5 | 3.14 |
| Parahippocampal gyrus | L | 26 | −28.5 | −22.5 | −18.5 | 3.12 | |
| Precuneus | 23 | L | 68 | −1.5 | −58.5 | 17.5 | 3.53 |
| Fusiform gyrus | 20 | L | 76 | −31.5 | −10.5 | −27.5 | 3.08 |
| Pallidum | L | 33 | −19.5 | −1.5 | 5.5 | 3.05 | |
| Middle occipital gyrus | L | 80 | −25.5 | −88.5 | 17.5 | 3.17 | |
The peak voxel for each cluster and the corresponding name of the anatomical region are given. In these cases, we labeled the brain region in which most voxels in the cluster were located.
BA: Brodmann area. P < 0.05 (AlphaSim correction).