Does acupuncture therapy alter activation of neural pathway for pain perception in irritable bowel syndrome?: A comparative study of true and sham acupuncture using functional magnetic resonance imaging

Journal of Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 305-316

  Chu, Winnie C W ^a   Wu, Justin C Y ^a   Yew, David T W ^a   Zhang, Liang ^a   Shi, Lin ^a   Yeung, David K W ^a   Wang, Defeng ^a   Tong, Raymond K Y ^b   Chan, Yawen ^a   Lao, Lixing ^c   Leung, Ping C ^a   Berman, Brian M ^c   Sung, Joseph J Y ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Irritable bowel syndrome; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATED CORTEX; ARTICLE; BILATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INSULA; INTESTINE DISTENSION; IRRITABLE COLON; MALE; MEDICAL THALAMUS NUCLEUS; NOCICEPTION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULVINAR; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECTAL DISTENSION; TEMPORAL CORTEX; THALAMUS; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

EID: 84872855549     PISSN: 20930879     EISSN: 20930887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5056/jnm.2012.18.3.305     Document Type: Article

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