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. 2015 Mar 2;2015:384389. doi: 10.1155/2015/384389

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Copyright © 2015 Karen M. von Deneen et al.

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Changes in functional connectivity (FC) with the thalamus after minus before acupuncture (ACU) in relation to delta hunger correlation scores after ACU minus before ACU. Decreased hypothalamus-thalamus (L: left; R: right) functional connectivity (HYP-THALAMUS FC) after acupuncture (after ACU) was negatively correlated with ACU-induced change in hunger suggesting that increased dopamine modulation during ACU was most likely associated with decreased poststimulation limbic system and spinothalamic tract connectivity (left thalamus r = −0.64, P = 0.05; right thalamus r = −0.58, P = 0.08).