FMRI evidence of acupoints specificity in two adjacent acupoints

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2013, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Liu, Hua ^a,b   Xu, Jian Yang ^c   Li, Lin ^a,b   Shan, Bao Ci ^a,b   Nie, Bin Bin ^a,b   Xue, Jing Quan ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (China)

^b BEIJING ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER OF RADIOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUES AND EQUIPMENT   (China)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INSULA; MALE; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; MIDDLE TEMPORAL GYRUS; OCCIPITAL GYRUS; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THALAMUS;

EID: 84878734898     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/932581     Document Type: Article

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