Expertise modulates local regional homogeneity of spontaneous brain activity in the resting brain: An fMRI study using the model of skilled acupuncturists

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1074-1084

  Dong, Minghao ^a   Qin, Wei ^a   Zhao, Ling ^b   Yang, Xuejuan ^a   Yuan, Kai ^a   Zeng, Fang ^b   Sun, Jinbo ^a   Yu, Dahua ^a   von Deneen, Karen M ^a   Liang, Fanrong ^b   Tian, Jie ^a,c  

^a XIDIAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF AUTOMATION   (China)

Author keywords

Acupuncturist; Expertise related functional plasticity; Local modulation; Regional homogeneity; Resting state functional MRI

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; BRAIN CORTEX; CONNECTOME; DEVICES; HUMAN; MANPOWER; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROCEDURES; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; REST;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CONNECTOME; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR SKILLS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; REST;

EID: 84893733459     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.22235     Document Type: Article

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