Neural specificity of acupuncture stimulation at pericardium 6: Evidence from an fMRI study

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 71-77

  Bai, Lijun ^a   Yan, Hao ^b,c   Li, Nling ^c   Qin, Wei ^c   Chen, Peng ^d   Liu, Peng ^c   Gong, Qiyong ^e   Liu, Yijun ^f   Tian, Jie ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF AUTOMATION   (China)

^b SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c XIDIAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Different meridian acupoints; Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI); Neural specificity

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTIEMETIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM FLOCCULUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FASTIGIAL NUCLEUS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHALAMUS; INSULA; LIMBIC CORTEX; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PALATE; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PERICARDIUM; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REST; SEDATION; SENSATION; STIMULATION; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; BRAIN; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 74049130906     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.22006     Document Type: Article

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