Descriptive analysis of differences due to various methods of acupuncture manipulation.

Words in italics means statistically significant;Amyg = Amygdala, ant. = anterior, BA = Brodmann area, BG = basal gyrus, Bil. = bilateral, C = Chinese, Cau = caudate nucleus, Ce = cerebellum, Cing = cingulate, Cing-am = anterior middle cingulate, CingC = cingulate cortex, CingG = cingulate gyrus, CN = China, CO = central operculum, Con. = contralateral, Cun = cuneus, DE = Germany, dlPFC = dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, E = English, EA = electro-acupuncture, ERRM = even reinforcing and reducing method, Fop = frontal operculum, H = hippocampus, Hyp = hypothalamus, IFG = inferior frontal gyrus, IN = insula, Ipsi = ipsilateral, IPL = inferior parietal lobule, ITG = inferior temporal gyrus, L = left, latS = lateral sulcus, LN = lenticular nucleus, MA = manual acupuncture, MC = motor cortex, MEFG = medial frontal gyrus, MFG = middle frontal gyrus, MOG = middle occipital gyrus, NA = information unavailable, Nac = nucleus accumbens, NCT = non-randomized controlled trial, NRP = nucleus raphe pontis, NSD = non statistically different, OB = observer blinded, OC = occipital cortex, OG = orbital gyrus, OL = occipital lobe, P = pons, PB = patient blinded, PFG = prefrontal gyrus, PO = parietal operculum, postCG = postcentral gyrus, preCG = precentral gyrus, preCun = precuneus, PTC = parieto-temporal cortex, Put = putamen, R = right, RCT/P = parallel group randomized trial, RIO = randomized intervention order, rpm = rotations per minute, SI = primary somatosensory area, SII = second somatosensory area, SMA = supplementary motor area, stimu = stimulation, STG = superior temporal gyrus, supCol = superior colliculi, Th = thalamus, TL = temporal lobe, Tpole = temporal pole, TTG = transverse temporal gyri, V1 = primary visual cortices, Y = yes.