Power estimation predicts specific function action of acupuncture: An fMRI study

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1059-1064

  Liu, Peng ^a   Zhou, Guangyu ^a   Yang, Xuejuan ^a   Liu, Jixin ^a   Sun, Jinbo ^a   Dong, Minghao ^a   Yuan, Kai ^a   Zhang, Yi ^a   Qin, Wei ^a   Tian, Jie ^a,b  

^a XIDIAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF AUTOMATION   (China)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; FMRI; Power estimation

Indexed keywords

ACUPOINT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; DULL PAIN; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEMALE; FULLNESS SENSATION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEAVINESS SENSATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSULA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARESTHESIA; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; POWER INTENSITY PATTERN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SENSATION; SORENESS SENSATION; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 80052631815     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: 18735894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2011.06.002     Document Type: Article

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