Simultaneous CBF and BOLD mapping of high frequency acupuncture induced brain activity

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 530, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 12-17

  Zhang, Yue ^a   Glielmi, Christopher B ^b   Jiang, Yin ^a   Wang, Jing ^a   Wang, Xiaoying ^c   Fang, Jing ^a   Cui, Cailian ^a   Han, Jisheng ^a   Hu, Xiaoping ^b   Zhang, Jue ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Emory University   (United States)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY FIRST HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Blood oxygenation level dependent; Cerebral blood flow; FMRI; Hegu; High frequency electroacupuncture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CEREBELLUM; CINGULATE GYRUS; ELECTRICAL ACUPOINT STIMULATION; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULA; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS; THALAMUS;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; PUTAMEN; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THALAMUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868302779     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2012.09.050     Document Type: Article

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