The brain effects of laser acupuncture in healthy individuals: An fMRI investigation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1-5

  Quah Smith, Im ^a   Sachdev, Perminder S ^a,b   Wen, Wei ^a   Chen, Xiaohua ^a,b   Williams, Mark A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CHINESE MEDICINE; CINGULATE GYRUS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LASER ACUPUNCTURE; LIMBIC CORTEX; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; STRIATE CORTEX; VOLUNTEER; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; EQUIPMENT; HEALTH STATUS; LASER; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LASERS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958615793     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012619     Document Type: Article

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