Neuroimaging acupuncture effects in the human brain

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 603-616

  Dhond, Rupali P ^a,b,c   Kettner, Norman ^b   Napadow, Vitaly ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b LOGAN COLLEGE OF CHIROPRACTIC   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAIN; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; CHRONIC PAIN; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEALING; HUMAN; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, NEUROLOGICAL; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PAIN; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 34548438850     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2007.7040     Document Type: Article

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