Determining the Precise Cerebral Response to Acupuncture: An Improved fMRI Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Liu, Hua ^a,b,c   Xu, Jianyang ^d   Shan, Baoci ^a,c   Li, Yongzhong ^e   Li, Lin ^a,c   Xue, Jingquan ^a,c   Nie, Binbin ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

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

^e CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; MYOPIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL CORTEX;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 84869059665     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0049154     Document Type: Article

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