The change in cerebral glucose metabolism generated by electroacupuncture may predict the outcome of stimulation of the anterior nucleus thalamus in refractory epilepsy

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 427-429

  Tian, Xue Bi ^a   Feng, Jueping ^b   Bu, Hui Lian ^a   Liu, Cheng ^a   Liu, Tao tao ^a   Xiang, Hong Bing ^a   Liu, Zhi Heng ^c  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c SECOND PEOPLE S HOSPITAL OF SHENZHEN   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

BODY MASS; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN METABOLISM; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; EPILEPSY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GLUCONEOGENESIS; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; LETTER; METABOLIC RATE; NEUROIMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THALAMUS ANTERIOR NUCLEUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTERIOR THALAMIC NUCLEI; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; EPILEPSY; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84885036817     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2013.08.015     Document Type: Letter

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