Functional magnetic resonance imaging activation of the brain in children: Real acupoint versus sham acupoint

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 849-855

  Wu, Yun ^a,b   Jin, Zhen ^c   Li, Ke ^c   Lu, Zhong Li ^a   Wong, Virginia ^a   Han, Tong Li ^a   Zheng, Hua ^a   Caspi, Opher ^d   Liu, Gang ^c   Zeng, Ya Wei ^c   Zou, Li Ping ^a,b  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^c 306 HOSPITAL OF PLA   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

acupuncture; children; functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI); real acupoint (Liv3); sham acupoint

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL ACUPUNCTURE; SEDATION; SHAM ACUPUNCTURE; THERAPY EFFECT; BRAIN MAPPING; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; FOOT; HEALTH STATUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; FEMALE; FOOT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 77954421518     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073809351314     Document Type: Article

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