Brain areas with significant different ReHo values in the MCI patients after acupuncture at <i>P</i><0.01 (Alphasim corrected, <i>p</i><0.01, 30 voxels).

<p>Brain areas with significant different ReHo values in the MCI patients after acupuncture at <i>P</i><0.01 (Alphasim corrected, <i>p</i><0.01, 30 voxels).</p

Brain areas with significant different ReHo values between healthy controls and MCI patients after acupuncture at <i>P</i><0.01 (Alphasim corrected, <i>p</i><0.01, 30 voxels).

<p>Brain areas with significant different ReHo values between healthy controls and MCI patients after acupuncture at <i>P</i><0.01 (Alphasim corrected, <i>p</i><0.01, 30 voxels).</p

Brain areas with significant different ReHo values between MCI and HC groups during the resting state following acupuncture.

<p>Warm and cool colors respectively indicate the significantly increased (A) and decreased (B) ReHo values in MCI patients compared with healthy controls at <i>P</i><0.01 (Alphasim corrected, <i>p</i><0.01, 30 voxels). (Abbreviation: MTG- Middle Temporal Gyrus, MFG- Middle Frontal Gyrus).</p

Results of regional homogeneity (ReHo) shown as a Kendall’s coefficient of concordance (KCC) map across all subjects for MCI patients and healthy controls during resting state and post-acupuncture resting state (p<0.05, FDR correction).

<p>Results of regional homogeneity (ReHo) shown as a Kendall’s coefficient of concordance (KCC) map across all subjects for MCI patients and healthy controls during resting state and post-acupuncture resting state (p<0.05, FDR correction).</p

Brain areas with significant different ReHo values in the healthy controls after acupuncture at <i>P</i><0.01 (Alphasim corrected, <i>p</i><0.01, 30 voxels).

<p>Brain areas with significant different ReHo values in the healthy controls after acupuncture at <i>P</i><0.01 (Alphasim corrected, <i>p</i><0.01, 30 voxels).</p

Averaged psychophysical response (N = 12) in MCI and HC groups.

<p>A: The percentage of subjects who reported having experienced the given sensation (at least one subject experienced the six sensations listed). B: The intensity of reported sensations measured by an average score (with standard error bars) on a scale from 0 denoting no sensation to 10 denoting an unbearable sensation.</p

Brain areas with significant different ReHo values between MCI and HC groups during the resting state are shown.

<p>Warm and cool colors indicate the significantly increased and decreased ReHo values in MCI patients compared with healthy controls at P<0.01 (Alphasim corrected, p<0.01, 30 voxels). (Abbreviation: PCG- Precentral Gyrus).</p

Brain areas with significant different ReHo values between MCI patients and healthy controls during the resting state at <i>P</i><0.01 (Alphasim corrected, <i>p</i><0.01, 30 voxels).

<p>Brain areas with significant different ReHo values between MCI patients and healthy controls during the resting state at <i>P</i><0.01 (Alphasim corrected, <i>p</i><0.01, 30 voxels).</p

Brain areas with significant different ReHo values following acupuncture compared with the resting state in MCI (A) and HC (B) groups.

<p>Warm colors indicate the significantly increased ReHo values in the two groups following acupuncture at <i>P</i><0.01 (Alphasim corrected, <i>p</i><0.01, 30 voxels). (Abbreviation: MFG- Medial Frontal Gyrus).</p

Subject characteristics.

<p>MMSE: Mini-Mental State Examination, CDR: Clinical Dementia Rating.</p><p>* <i>p</i><0.0001 (two sample two tailed <i>t</i> test).</p