Table 2 Brain Region of activities related to Minimal(MI-EA) and Optimal(OI-EA) intensities of EA (Rt: right; Lt: Left; SI: Primary somatosensory cortex; SII: Secondary Somatosensory cortex)
EA Intensity Mode | Regions of Activities (Peak t-value) | BA (cluster size) | Peak coordinate x, y, z |
|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Activation | ||
MI-EA | Rt. Inferior frontal cortex (14.92) | 44(3453) | 47,10,1 |
| Â | Rt. Dorsal lateral prefrontal cortex(10.71) | 46(3233) | 45,13,21 |
| Â | Rt. Caudate Nucleus(6.40) | (270) | 17,3,0 |
| Â | Lt. inferior frontal lobe(6.98) | 44 (1514) | -31,22,12 |
| Â | Deactivation | ||
MI-EA | Rt. SI (-5.15) | 1(324) | 29,-35,48 |
| Â | Rt. SII (-5.37) | 5(374) | 17,-42,51 |
| Â | Rt. Thalamus (-5.02) | (627) | 4,-3,10 |
| Â | Rt. cingulate cortex (-4.12) | 31(15465) | -13,-47,33 |
| Â | Rt. Frontal lobe(-4.57) | 9(591) | 11,55,42 |
| Â | Lt. Frontal lobe(-8.13) | 31(8778) | -7,-70,21 |
| Â | Rt.SII(-4.81) | 7(520) | 14,-58,36 |
| Â | Rt. Frontal lobe(-4.37) | 10(272) | 5,67,27 |
| Â | Lt. Frontal lobe(-4.76) | 10(325) | -4,67,9 |
| Â | Lt. SII(-4.59) | 7(277) | -7,-63,48 |
| Â | Lt. Frontal lobe(-5.10) | 10(540) | -10,56,37 |
| Â | Activation | ||
OI-EA | No significant finding | ||
| Â | Deactivation | ||
OI-EA | Rt. SII(-4.70) | 7(273) | 38,-68,57 |
| Â | Lt. Anterior cingulate cortex(-4.20) | 32(565) | -10,28,17 |
| Â | Lt. Premotor cortex(-4.74) | 8(2240) | -13,31,45 |
| Â | Lt. Premotor cortex (-5.45) | 6(420) | -25, 13,57 |
| Â | Lt. Raphe nucleus(-5.77) | (1156) | -1,-20,-15 |
| Â | Lt. Parietal lobe(-4.41) | 39 (374) | -55,-47,48 |
| Â | Rt. Amygdala (-5.512) | (248) | -68,-75,15 |
| Â | Lt. Amygdala (-4.91) | (173) | -43,-11,-36 |