The antidepressant effect of laser acupuncture: A comparison of the resting brain's default mode network in healthy and depressed subjects during functional magnetic resonance imaging

Medical Acupuncture

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 124-133

  Quah Smith, Im ^a,b   Suo, Chao ^a   Williams, Mark A ^c   Sachdev, Perminder S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acupoints; Acupuncture; Default Mode Network; Low Intensity Laser

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN; CEREBELLUM; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUNEUS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; MONTGOMERY ASBERG DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PARIETAL CORTEX; PRECUNEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS;

EID: 84876130176     PISSN: 19336586     EISSN: 19336594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acu.2012.0901     Document Type: Article

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