Traditional Chinese acupuncture and placebo (sham) acupuncture are differentiated by their effects on μ-opioid receptors (MORs)

NeuroImage

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1077-1085

  Harris, Richard E ^a   Zubieta, Jon Kar ^a,b   Scott, David J ^c   Napadow, Vitaly ^d   Gracely, Richard H ^a   Clauw, Daniel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c Omneuron Inc   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Fibromyalgia; Mu; Opioid; Pain; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

CARFENTANIL C 11; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; PLACEBO; RADIOISOTOPE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CHINESE MEDICINE; CHRONIC PAIN; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; INSULA; LONG TERM CARE; NEUROIMAGING; NOCICEPTION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; SENSORY STIMULATION; THALAMUS;

ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PAIN; PLACEBO EFFECT; PLACEBOS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU;

EID: 67651025420     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2009.05.083     Document Type: Article

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