The effect of acupuncture needle combination on central pain processing-an fMRI study

Molecular Pain

Table 2 Regional of activities extracted from EA3>baseline (P<0.01, clutster >150 voxels)

Hemisphere	Region of activity	T-value	Cluster size	Brodmann area	Peak coordinates	P-value
Left hemisphere	*Sensory/Discriminatory*
	Parietal	−5.582	214	38	−55, -8, -24	0.000165
	Parietal	−5.362	400	38	−43, -2, -36	0.00023
	Parietal	−5.133	175	38	−43, -11, -36	0.000327
	Parietal	−4.627	181	38	−49, 7, -27	0.000731
	Parietal	−4.129	377	38	−49, 10, -6	0.001676
	Affective & Emotional
	PCC	−11.772	216789	30	−10, -65, 9	<10⁻⁶
	*Response & Neuromodulatory*
	Cerebellum	−5.531	335	N/A	−43, -77, -21	0.000178
	Cerebellum	−4.255	330	N/A	−7, -77, -15	0.001355
	Prefrontal	−4.209	310	9	−13, 58, 33	0.001462
Right hemisphere	*Sensory/Discriminatory*
	Parietal	−5.687	203	38	53, 16, -15	0.000141
	*Affective & Emotional*
	Hippocampus	−5.684	2942	N/A	29, -23, -15	0.000141
	*Response & Neuromodulatory*
	Frontal operculum	−5.505	319	47	35, 28, -9	0.000185
	Prefrontal cortex	−5.164	164	9	11, 64, 30	0.000311
	Prefrontal cortex	−4.979	166	11	29, 22, -18	0.000416
	Frontal operculum	−4.8674	267	45	50, 25, 9	0.000497

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