A PET-CT study on the specificity of acupoints through acupuncture treatment in migraine patients

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Yang, Jie ^a   Zeng, Fang ^a   Feng, Yue ^a   Fang, Li ^d   Qin, Wei ^b   Liu, Xuguang ^a   Song, Wenzhong ^c   Xie, Hongjun ^c   Chen, Ji ^a   Liang, Fanrong ^a  

^a CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^b XIDIAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SICHUAN PROVINCIAL PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

^d ZHEJIANG CHINESE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Migraine; PEC CT

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN METABOLISM; CEREBELLUM; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; FRONTAL LOBE; FUSIFORM GYRUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MIDDLE TEMPORAL CORTEX; MIGRAINE WITHOUT AURA; NEUROIMAGING; ORBITAL FRONTAL CORTEX; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTCENTRAL GYRUS; PRECUNEUS; SUPRATEMPORAL GYRUS; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 84864931539     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-12-123     Document Type: Article

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