Table 2

There types of temporal neural responses with differential onsets and durations following acupuncture at nonacupoint (coordinate and t score of peak voxel, P < 0.005, uncorrected; TR = 2s).

Time-varied Response

SHAM

Talairach

Transient Response

Hem/BA

x

y

z

t value

Onset TRs

Duration TRs

Putamen

L

-24

-3

-5

3.15

34

42

Thalamus-VPL

R

20

-20

5

3.64

37

78

SII

R/40

56

-14

17

3.59

25

62

Posterior Parietal Cortex

R/7

18

-46

63

3.13

27

27

Bimodal Response

SI

L/2

-56

-24

40

4.15

21

370

Premotor Cortex

L/4

-59

-10

33

3.43

68

202

Inferior Parietal Cortex

R/40

65

-30

32

3.95

57

133

Cerebellum -Pyramis

L

-12

-69

-32

4.62

44

112

Sustained Activity

Anterior Insula

R/13

34

22

5

3.76

37

270

Prefrontal Cortex

L/9

-30

34

35

4.51

43

245

Orbitofrontal Cortex

L/11

-6

65

-3

4.27

33

261

Abbreviations: BA-brodmann area; Hem-hemisphere; VPL-ventral posterior lateral nucleus; SI-primary somatosensory cortex; SII-secondary somatosensory cortex; L-Left; R-Right.

Bai et al. Molecular Pain 2010 6:73   doi:10.1186/1744-8069-6-73