Acupuncture stimulation of Taichong (Liv3) and Hegu (LI4) modulates the default mode network activity in Alzheimer's disease

American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and other Dementias

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 739-748

  Liang, Peipeng ^a,b   Wang, Zhiqun ^a   Qian, Tianyi ^c   Li, Kuncheng ^a,b,d  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Beijing Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Brain Informatics   (China)

^c SIEMENS LTD   (China)

^d BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

acupuncture; Alzheimer's disease; functional MRI; resting state

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUNEUS; DEFAULT MODE NETWORK; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INFERIOR PARIETAL LOBULE; MALE; MIDDLE TEMPORAL GYRUS; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MONTREAL COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; PRECUNEUS; SUPRAMARGINAL GYRUS; BRAIN; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TRACT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STIMULATION; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PARIETAL LOBE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 84911407831     PISSN: 15333175     EISSN: 19382731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1533317514536600     Document Type: Article

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