Table 3.
Brain regions exhibiting increased and decreased degree centrality among three groups.
| Brain regions | Cluster size | Peak intensity | Peak MNI coordinates | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| X | Y | Z | |||
| TAG>SAG | |||||
| Right Fusiform Gyrus | 100 | 4.68 | 33 | −48 | −15 |
| Bilateral Cuneus, Lingual Gyrus, Superior and Middle Occipital Gyri, Fusiform Gyrus | 1,181 | 6.28 | −12 | −90 | 15 |
| TAG<SAG | |||||
| Left Cerebellum Crus1 and 2 | 97 | −3.96 | −36 | −78 | −27 |
| TAG>WG | |||||
| Bilateral Cuneus | 116 | 4.12 | 3 | −81 | 36 |
| TAG<WG | |||||
| Left Cerebellum Crus1 and 2 | 131 | −5.30 | −39 | −84 | −33 |
| SAG>WG | |||||
| Left Insula | 183 | 4.42 | −27 | 9 | 12 |
| Right Insula | 110 | 4.65 | 42 | −9 | 12 |
TAG, true acupuncture group; SAG, sham acupuncture group; WG, waiting group. A > B, Compared with B group, A group showed increased DC values; A < B, Compared with B group, A group showed decreased DC values (P < 0.05, AlphaSim corrected).