Altered small-world efficiency of brain functional networks in acupuncture at ST36: A functional MRI study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Liu, Bo ^a   Chen, Jun ^a   Wang, Jinhui ^b   Liu, Xian ^a   Duan, Xiaohui ^a   Shang, Xiaojing ^a   Long, Yu ^a   Chen, Zhiguang ^a   Li, Xiaofang ^a   Huang, Yan ^a   He, Yong ^b  

^a GUANGDONG PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN FUNCTIONAL NETWORK; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIMBIC CORTEX; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL CORTEX; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SUBCORTEX; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; IMAGE PROCESSING; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE NET;

EID: 84862669830     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039342     Document Type: Article

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