Cerebral blood flow-based evidence for mechanisms of low- versus high-frequency transcutaneous electric acupoint stimulation analgesia: A perfusion fMRI study in humans

Neuroscience

Volumn 268, Issue , 2014, Pages 180-193

  Jiang, Y ^a,b,c   Liu, J ^d,e   Han, J ^a,b,c   Wang, X ^d   Cui, C ^a,b,c  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^c BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY FIRST HOSPITAL   (China)

^e INSTITUTE OF CHINESE MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

Author keywords

Acupuncture analgesia; Cerebral blood flow; Frequency; Transcutaneous electric acupoint stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ANTERIOR INSULA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN FUNCTION; CORPUS STRIATUM; DEFAULT MODE NETWORK; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; EMOTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIGH FREQUENCY TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC ACUPOINT STIMULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOW FREQUENCY TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC ACUPOINT STIMULATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHAM PROCEDURE; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ACUPUNCTURE; ANALGESIA; BRAIN; BRAIN CIRCULATION; CINGULATE GYRUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TIME; VASCULARIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; ANALGESIA; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PAIN THRESHOLD; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION; VENTRAL STRIATUM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897554236     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2014.03.019     Document Type: Article

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