Electroacupuncture at Tianshu (ST 25) for diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome using positron emission tomography changes in visceral sensation center

Neural Regeneration Research

Volumn 5, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 1220-1225

  Liu, Huirong ^a   Qi, Li ^a   Wang, Xiaolong ^a   Guan, Yihui ^b   Zuo, Chuantao ^b   Tan, Linying ^a   Yuan, Lingsong ^a   Ma, Xiaopeng ^a   Wang, Xiaomei ^a   Zhou, Enhua ^a   Wu, Huangan ^a  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anterior cingulate cortex; Electroacupuncture; Functional brain mapping; Irritable bowel syndrome; Neural regeneration; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GLUCOSE;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN REGION; CHINESE MEDICINE; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BRAIN LEVEL; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; LARGE INTESTINE; MALE; METABOLIC RATE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REST; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISCERAL PAIN;

EID: 77958007703     PISSN: 16735374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-5374.2010.16.004     Document Type: Article

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