Monitoring acupuncture effects on human brain by fMRI

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 38, 2010, Pages

  Hui, Kathleen K S ^a   Napadow, Vitaly ^a   Liu, Jing ^a   Li, Ming ^a   Marina, Ovidiu ^a,b   Nixon, Erika E ^a   Claunch, Joshua D ^a   LaCount, Lauren ^a   Sporko, Tara ^a   Kwong, Kenneth K ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; BOLD fMRI; Issue 38; Limbic paralimbic neocortical system; Neuroscience; Physiological monitoring; Psychophysical response

Indexed keywords

EID: 80055107071     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/1190     Document Type: Article

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