The effects of acupuncture on the brain networks for emotion and cognition: An observation of gender differences

Brain Research

Volumn 1362, Issue , 2010, Pages 56-67

  Qiu, Wei Qiao ^a   Claunch, Joshua ^b   Kong, Jian ^b   Nixon, Erika E ^b   Fang, Jiliang ^b   Li, Ming ^b   Vangel, Mark ^b   Hui, Kathleen Kin Sang ^c  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Harvard Medical School ^*

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Brain activity; Gender; Sex

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CINGULATE GYRUS; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMOTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; BRAIN; COGNITION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE NET; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 78149359681     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2010.09.040     Document Type: Article

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