Locating the acupoint Baihui (GV20) beneath the cerebral cortex with MRI reconstructed 3D neuroimages

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2011, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Shen, Ein Yiao ^a,b   Chen, Fun Jou ^a   Chen, Yun Yin ^a   Lin, Ming Fan ^c  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CENTRAL SULCUS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRECENTRAL SULCUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRIGGER POINT;

EID: 79953272278     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ecam/neq047     Document Type: Article

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