Needling at the waiguan (SJ5) in healthy limbs deactivated functional brain areas in ischemic stroke patients: A functional magnetic resonance imaging study

Neural Regeneration Research

Volumn 6, Issue 36, 2011, Pages 2829-2833

  Huang, Yong ^a   Xiao, Huiling ^a   Chen, Junqi ^a   Qu, Shanshan ^a   Zheng, Yu ^a   Lu, Yangjia ^a   Lai, Xinsheng ^b  

^a SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUANGZHOU UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Cerebral functional imaging; Chinese medicine; Functional MRI; Ischemic stroke; Neural regeneration; Waiguan (SJ 5)

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN REGION; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; MALE; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 84863130294     PISSN: 16735374     EISSN: 18767958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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