Different Brain Network Activations Induced by Modulation and Nonmodulation Laser Acupuncture

Table 1

Activation clusters of continued-wave laser stimulation versus placebo group resulta.

Laser stimulation type	Anatomical Locations	𝑃-value	T-value	Cluster size^b	MNI-coordinates of max value
					𝑥	𝑦	𝑧
Continued wave	L Parietal Lobe, Inferior Parietal Lobule	.001	4.37	144	−48	−46	44
	L Parietal Lobe, Postcentral Gyrus, BA 1	.001	4.26	123	−42	−34	66
	L Parietal Lobe, Postcentral Gyrus, BA 2
	L Parietal Lobe, Precuneus, BA 7	.002	3.63	98	−12	−62	46
	L Frontal Lobe, Medial Frontal Gyrus	.002	3.59	173	−6	−8	56
	L Frontal Lobe, Superior Frontal Gyrus, BA 6

^aActivation areas of random effects analysis for clusters which surpassed a threshold of 𝑃<.01 uncorrected, and degrees of freedom = 11.
^bEach voxel size = 2∗2∗2 mm³, and spatial extent threshold >20 voxels.