Research Article
Cerebral Targeting of Acupuncture at Combined Acupoints in Treating Essential Hypertension: An Rs-fMRI Study and Curative Effect Evidence
Table 3
The changes of brain regions of group A after treatment versus before treatment.
| Number of voxels | Hemi | Brain areas | BA | T (peak intensity) | Peak MNI coordinate | X | Y | Z |
| 1248 | R | Inferior occipital gyrus | 19 | 5.8152 | 39 | −93 | −15 | 313 | L | Inferior frontal gyrus in triangular and opercular part | 44, 45 | 3.6219 | −9 | 60 | 18 | 366 | L | Postcentral gyrus, inferior parietal, excluding supramarginal and angular gyri, supramarginal gyrus | 3, 4 | 5.9703 | −45 | −27 | 42 | 344 | R | Insula, superior temporal gyrus | 21 | −5.0278 | 45 | −3 | −15 | 551 | R | Precuneus | — | −6.7036 | 12 | −60 | 42 | 851 | R | Anterior cingulate and paracingulate gyrus, median cingulate and paracingulate gyrus, medial superior frontal gyrus | 8, 24, 32 | −6.5526 | 6 | 12 | 27 |
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