Manipulation of and Sustained Effects on the Human Brain Induced by Different Modalities of Acupuncture: An fMRI Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Jiang, Yin ^a,b,c   Wang, Hong ^d   Liu, Zhenyu ^e   Dong, Yuru ^d   Dong, Yue ^b   Xiang, Xiaohui ^a,b,c   Bai, Lijun ^e   Tian, Jie ^e   Wu, Liuzhen ^a,b,c   Han, Jisheng ^a,b,c   Cui, Cailian ^a,b,c  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^c BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

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

^e INSTITUTE OF AUTOMATION   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; DEFAULT MODE NETWORK; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MANUAL ACUPUNCTURE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; SENSORIMOTOR NETWORK; SENSORY STIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRICAL ACUPOINT STIMULATION;

ADULT; CEREBELLUM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE NET; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; QI; TEMPORAL LOBE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879545305     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0066815     Document Type: Article

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