Activation of the hypothalamus characterizes the response to acupuncture stimulation in heroin addicts

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 421, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 203-208

  Liu, Sheng ^a   Zhou, Wenhua ^a   Ruan, Xingzhong ^b   Li, Ronghui ^a   Lee, Tatia ^c   Weng, Xuchu ^d   Hu, Jun ^e   Yang, Guodong ^a  

^a Ningbo Addiction Research and Treatment Center   (China)

^b NINGBO FIRST HOSPITAL   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

^e SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Cortisol; Heroin addicts; Hypothalamus

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SCORING SYSTEM;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OXYGEN; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

EID: 34250616704     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2007.04.078     Document Type: Article

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