Cerebral hemodynamic responses induced by specific acupuncture sensations during needling at trigger points: A near-infrared spectroscopic study

Brain Topography

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 279-291

  Takamoto, Kouich ^a,b   Hori, Etsuro ^a,b   Urakawa, Susumu ^a,b   Sakai, Shigekazu ^a,b   Ishikawa, Akihiro ^c   Kohno, Satoru ^c   Ono, Taketoshi ^a,b   Nishijo, Hisao ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c SHIMADZU CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Analgesia; De qi; Deactivation; NIRS; Supplementary motor cortex

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL HEMODYNAMIC; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOREARM; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NEEDLE; NERVE STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGGER POINT;

ACUPUNCTURE; ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; OXYHEMOGLOBINS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955473385     PISSN: 08960267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10548-010-0148-8     Document Type: Article

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