Somatosensory cortical plasticity in carpal tunnel syndrome treated by acupuncture

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 159-171

  Napadow, Vitaly ^a,b,d   Liu, Jing ^a   Li, Ming ^a   Kettner, Norman ^b   Ryan, Angela ^c   Kwong, Kenneth K ^a   Hui, Kathleen K S ^a   Audette, Joseph F ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b LOGAN COLLEGE OF CHIROPRACTIC   (United States)

^c and Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative medicine; Hebbian plasticity; Nerve entrapment; Neuropathy; Somatotopy

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INNERVATION; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE COMPRESSION; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; FEMALE; FINGERS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33847375133     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.20261     Document Type: Article

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