Consecutive acupuncture stimulations lead to significantly decreased neural responses

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 481-487

  Yeo, Sujung ^a   Choe, Il Hwan ^a,b   Van Den Noort, Maurits ^a,c   Bosch, Peggy ^a,d   Lim, Sabina ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^c FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KOREA; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CLINICAL TRIAL; FOOT; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FOOT; HUMANS; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951959700     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2009.0606     Document Type: Article

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