Test-retest study of fMRI signal change evoked by electroacupuncture stimulation

NeuroImage

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1171-1181

  Kong, Jian ^a   Gollub, Randy L ^a,b   Webb, J Megan ^a   Kong, Jiang Ti ^a   Vangel, Mark G ^a,b   Kwong, Kenneth ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Brain imaging electroacupuncture; fMRI; Reliability; Reproducibility; Test retest; Vision related point

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEMALE; FINGER; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEEDLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33947101031     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2006.10.019     Document Type: Article

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