The human brain response to acupuncture on same-meridian acupoints: Evidence from an fMRI study

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 673-678

  Li, Lin ^a,b   Liu, Hua ^a   Li, Yong Zhong ^c   Xu, Jian Yang ^d   Shan, Bao Ci ^a   Gong, Dan ^e   Li, Kun Cheng ^c   Tang, Xiao Wei ^f  

^a INSTITUTE OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d GENERAL HOSPITAL OF CHINESE PEOPLE'S ARMED POLICE FORCES   (China)

^e HARVARD COLLEGE   (United States)

^f ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHAM PROCEDURE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THALAMUS;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MERIDIANS; NEURONS;

EID: 49249083291     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2008.0036     Document Type: Article

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