Cerebral Targeting of Acupuncture at Combined Acupoints in Treating Essential Hypertension: An Rs-fMRI Study and Curative Effect Evidence

Table 6

The comparison of changes of brain regions among 3 groups after treatment.

Number of voxels	Hemi	Brain areas	Brodmann area	T (peak intensity)	Peak MNI coordinate
					X	Y	Z
Group A versus group B
739	R	Precuneus, median cingulate and paracingulate gyrus	7, 31	4.8486	12	−48	−36
539	R	Postcentral gyrus, paracentral lobule	3, 5	−5.545	15	−39	72
Group A versus group C
120	R	Superior and middle frontal gyrus	9, 46	3.5548	21	42	48
98	R	Medial superior frontal gyrus	10	3.6219	−9	60	18
Group B versus group C
377	R	Middle frontal gyrus in orbital part	46	5.5729	45	51	−9
496	R	Superior and middle occipital gyrus	18, 19	−4.3424	21	−78	18
325	R	Paracentral lobule	4	−4.0411	0	−30	69