Table 2 Brain areas activated by true and sham needling of the nonacupoint.
Brain areas | Brodmann area | Range | Talairach coordinates (mm) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
X | Y | Z | T | |||
True needling | ||||||
Left inferior frontal gyrus | 45 | 3 | −48 | 16 | 4 | 4.95 |
Left inferior frontal gyrus | 45 | 3 | −42 | 22 | 4 | 4.36 |
Left inferior frontal gyrus | 44 | 3 | −48 | 14 | 18 | 4.31 |
Left inferior temporal gyrus | 20 | 1 | −52 | −54 | −12 | 4.24 |
Left middle temporal gyrus | 21 | 1 | −62 | −60 | 0 | 6.44 |
Left postcentral gyrus | 2 | 5 | −50 | −24 | 28 | 4.56 |
Left inferior parietal lobule | 40 | 5 | −60 | −36 | 28 | 5.23 |
Left supramarginal gyrus | 40 | 1 | −54 | −46 | 26 | 5.14 |
Right middle temporal gyrus | 21 | 1 | 62 | −58 | 8 | 5.52 |
Right precentral gyrus | 44 | 5 | 54 | 6 | 10 | 3.97 |
Right inferior parietal lobule | 40 | 3 | 64 | −38 | 26 | 4.70 |
Right postcentral gyrus | 2 | 5 | 55 | −22 | 28 | 4.67 |
Right supramarginal gyrus | 40 | 3 | 55 | −48 | 24 | 4.14 |
Right middle temporal gyrus | 21 | 1 | 62 | −58 | 8 | 5.52 |
Right inferior temporal gyrus | 37 | 5 | 62 | −58 | −12 | 4.40 |
Sham needling | ||||||
Left inferior frontal gyrus | 44 | 1 | −48 | 16 | 12 | 4.63 |
Left inferior frontal gyrus | 9 | 3 | −48 | 18 | 26 | 4.02 |
Left middle frontal gyrus | 8 | 3 | −46 | 18 | 38 | 4.06 |
Left inferior parietal lobule | 40 | 3 | −62 | −22 | 28 | 5.54 |
Left middle temporal gyrus | 21 | 1 | −64 | −54 | 0 | 5.08 |
Left middle temporal gyrus | 37 | 3 | −58 | −58 | 0 | 3.83 |
Right superior frontal gyrus | 6 | 1 | 12 | −6 | 64 | 4.25 |
Right superior frontal gyrus | 6 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 54 | 4.21 |
Right superior frontal gyrus | 6 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 62 | 4.14 |
Right middle frontal gyrus | 6 | 3 | 50 | 4 | 40 | 7.49 |
Right middle frontal gyrus | 10 | 1 | 44 | 54 | 10 | 5.07 |
Right inferior frontal gyrus | 44 | 1 | 52 | 16 | 14 | 5.64 |
Right inferior frontal gyrus | 44 | 3 | 48 | 44 | 0 | 5.90 |
Right inferior parietal lobule | 40 | 1 | 64 | −24 | 26 | 7.77 |
Right postcentral gyrus | 43 | 3 | 54 | −14 | 18 | 6.17 |
Right precentral gyrus | 6 | 5 | 54 | 5 | 10 | 6.10 |
Right precentral gyrus | 6 | 5 | 42 | −6 | 62 | 6.49 |
Right middle temporal gyrus | 21 | 1 | 60 | −54 | 2 | 5.65 |
Right middle temporal gyrus | 21 | 5 | 54 | −18 | −20 | 4.40 |
Right lingual gyrus | 18 | 3 | 2 | −92 | −10 | 4.66 |