Time-variant fMRI activity in the brainstem and higher structures in response to acupuncture

NeuroImage

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 289-301

  Napadow, Vitaly ^a,b   Dhond, Rupali ^a,b   Park, Kyungmo ^c   Kim, Jieun ^c   Makris, Nikos ^a   Kwong, Kenneth K ^a   Harris, Richard E ^d   Purdon, Patrick L ^a,e   Kettner, Norman ^b   Hui, Kathleen K S ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b LOGAN COLLEGE OF CHIROPRACTIC   (United States)

^c Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative medicine; Brainstem; Cardiac gating; Dopamine; Endorphin; Habituation; Monoamine; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HABITUATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LOCUS CERULEUS; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RAPHE MAGNUS NUCLEUS; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN STEM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; TIME FACTORS; TOUCH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349232323     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2009.03.060     Document Type: Article

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