Effects of acupuncture on the brain hemodynamics

Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical

Volumn 157, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 74-80

  Hori, Etsuro ^a   Takamoto, Kouich ^a   Urakawa, Susumu ^a   Ono, Taketoshi ^a   Nishijo, Hisao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Autonomic; Behavior; Medial prefrontal cortex; NIRS

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; BRAIN HEMODYNAMICS; CHRONIC PAIN; DYSTONIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ACUPUNCTURE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED;

EID: 77957885786     PISSN: 15660702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2010.06.007     Document Type: Review

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