Frequency-specific responses of human brain to peripheral transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation: A functional magnetic resonance imaging study

Acta Physiologica Sinica

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 275-280

  Jin, Zhen ^a   Zhang, Wei Ting ^b   Luo, Fei ^b   Zhang, Kui Ling ^a   Zhang, Lei ^a   Zeng, Ya Wei ^a   Han, Ji Sheng ^b  

^a 306 HOSPITAL OF PLA   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Analgesia; fMRI; Neuroimaging; Transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ACUPUNCTURE; ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ADULT; BRAIN; ENGLISH ABSTRACT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NOCICEPTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 0042409410     PISSN: 03710874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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