Complementary acupuncture treatment increases cerebral metabolism in patients with parkinson's disease

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 119, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1190-1197

  Huang, Yong ^a   Jiang, Xuemei ^a   Zhuo, Ying ^b   Tang, Anwu ^c   Wik, Gustav ^d  

^a SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Urumchi General Hospital   (China)

^c Canton People's Provincial Hospital   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

18 flourodeoxyglucose; Cerebral glucose metabolism; Madopa; Parkinson's disease; Positron emission tomography; Scalp acupuncture

Indexed keywords

BENSERAZIDE PLUS LEVODOPA; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN METABOLISM; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; MALE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PARKINSON DISEASE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TEMPORAL LOBE; THALAMUS;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; AGED; ANTIPARKINSON AGENTS; BENSERAZIDE; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DRUG COMBINATIONS; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LEVODOPA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS;

EID: 70350509879     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: 15635279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207450802336774     Document Type: Article

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