Randomized fMRI trial of the central effects of acute acupuncture on glucose levels and core body temperature in "overweight" males

Medical Acupuncture

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 165-173

  Von Deneen, Karen M ^a,b,c   Wei, Qin ^a   Peng, Liu ^a   Hao, Dong Ming ^a   Peng, Chen ^d   Xie, Huisheng ^e   Tian, Jie ^a,b   Gold, Mark S ^c   Liu, Yijun ^c  

^a XIDIAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF AUTOMATION   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^e University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Core body temperature; De Qi; Dopamine; fMRI; Glucose; Overweight; Satiety

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; GLUCOSE;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; CHINA; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUNGER; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; METABOLISM; NERVE STIMULATION; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SATIETY; SHAM PROCEDURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 80052782371     PISSN: 19336586     EISSN: 19336594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acu.2011.0802     Document Type: Article

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