Table 2.
FC results (FD model group versus FD acupuncture group).
| Brain region | Brain functional connection results | Standard deviations | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voxel size | t value | Mean ± SD (FD model) | Mean ± SD (FD acupuncture) | |
| Right primary and secondary motor cortexes (M1/2) | 44 | −2.909 | 0.13 ± 0.09 | 0.05 ± 0.10 |
| Left primary and secondary motor cortexes (M1/2) | 23 | −3.3159 | 0.09 ± 0.05 | 0.04 ± 0.07 |
| Paraventricular nucleus of hypothalamus (PVA) | 13 | −2.7523 | 0.11 ± 0.08 | 0.05 ± 0.09 |
| Caudate putamen (CPu) | 9 | 2.56917 | 0.10 ± 0.05 | 0.14 ± 0.07 |
| Barrel field of primary somatosensory cortex (S1BF) | 29 | 2.0751 | 0.12 ± 0.07 | 0.19 ± 0.09 |
| Hippocampal CA3 (CA3) | 60 | 3.1749 | 0.07 ± 0.09 | 0.16 ± 0.11 |
| Oral pontine reticular nuclei (PnO) | 257 | 3.6603 | −0.01 ± 0.06 | 0.09 ± 0.10 |
| Polymorphic layer of dentate gyrus (PoDG) | 62 | 3.5844 | 0.04 ± 0.07 | 0.11 ± 0.10 |
In the FD acupuncture group, regions exhibit significant functional connections to the insula. Negative t values denote weakening connection, while positive t values denote strengthening connections.