Acupuncture, the limbic system, and the anticorrelated networks of the brain

Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical

Volumn 157, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 81-90

  Hui, Kathleen K S ^a   Marina, Ovidiu ^b   Liu, Jing ^a   Rosen, Bruce R ^a   Kwong, Kenneth K ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Amygdala; Default mode network; Deqi; FMRI; Limbic paralimbic neocortical network

Indexed keywords

NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ACUPUNCTURE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; CHRONIC PAIN; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MAJOR DEPRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION;

ACUPUNCTURE; ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OXYGEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77957875615     PISSN: 15660702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2010.03.022     Document Type: Article

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