Effect of acupuncture in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer disease: A functional MRI study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Wang, Zhiqun ^a   Nie, Binbin ^b   Li, Donghong ^c   Zhao, Zhilian ^a   Han, Ying ^a   Song, Haiqing ^a   Xu, Jianyang ^c   Shan, Baoci ^b   Lu, Jie ^a   Li, Kuncheng ^a,d  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (China)

^c GENERAL HOSPITAL OF CHINESE PEOPLE'S ARMED POLICE FORCES   (China)

^d BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COGNITION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEEDLE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RESTING STATE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ACUPUNCTURE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 84865166600     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042730     Document Type: Article

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