The application of fMRI to basic experiments in acupuncture

IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 47-51

  Ueda, Yoshihiro ^a   Hayashi, Kouei ^a   Kuriowa, Kyoichi ^a  

^a Kansai College of Oriental Medicine   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INSULA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SUBICULUM; THALAMUS;

ACUPUNCTURE; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHYSICAL STIMULATION;

EID: 17644403987     PISSN: 07395175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MEMB.2005.1411348     Document Type: Article

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