Ear acupuncture and fMRI: A pilot study for assessing the specificity of auricular points

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 35, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2014, Pages

  Romoli, M ^a   Allais, G ^b   Airola, G ^b   Benedetto, C ^b   Mana, O ^c   Giacobbe, M ^c   Pugliese, A M ^c   Battistella, G ^d   Fornari, E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c GRADENIGO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Auricular acupoints; Ear acupuncture; fMRI; Pain matrix; Somatotopic representation

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ANTERIOR INSULA; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN STEM AURICULAR ACUPOINT; CEREBELLUM; CONFERENCE PAPER; EXTERNAL EAR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; NEEDLE; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; ORBITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL OPERCULUM; PILOT STUDY; POSTERIOR INSULA; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; SECONDARY SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SUPERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; SUPPLEMENTARY MOTOR AREA; THUMB AURICULAR ACUPOINT; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; STIMULATION; THUMB; TOUCH; ACUPUNCTURE NEEDLE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; HEADACHE; LEFT HEMISPHERE; NERVE STIMULATION; NOCICEPTION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; TREATMENT INDICATION; VERTIGO;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ACUPUNCTURE, EAR; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PILOT PROJECTS; THUMB; TOUCH PERCEPTION;

EID: 84903273780     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: 15903478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-014-1768-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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