The analgesic effect of electroacupuncture on acute thermal pain perception-a central neural correlate study with fMRI

Molecular Pain

Volumn 7, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Shukla, Shivshil ^a   Torossian, Artour ^b   Duann, Jeng Ren ^c   Leung, Albert ^c  

^a VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN REGION; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEAT PAIN; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULA; MALE; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PARIETAL CORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SEDATION; TEMPORAL LOBE; THALAMUS; ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CLINICAL TRIAL; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN PERCEPTION; PAIN THRESHOLD; TEMPERATURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957955645     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17448069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-8069-7-45     Document Type: Article

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