The neural substrates of verum acupuncture compared to non-penetrating placebo needle: An fMRI study

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 450, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 80-84

  Chae, Younbyoung ^a   Lee, Hyejung ^a   Kim, Hackjin ^b   Sohn, Hyojeong ^b   Park, Jae Hyun ^a   Park, Hi Joon ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; fMRI; Limbic area; Motor; Placebo

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; NEEDLE; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACUPUNCTURE; ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OXYGEN; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149351344     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2008.11.048     Document Type: Article

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