Neural mechanisms of acupuncture as revealed by fMRI studies

Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical

Volumn 190, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-9

  He, Tian ^a   Zhu, Wen ^a   Du, Si Qi ^a   Yang, Jing Wen ^a   Li, Fang ^a   Yang, Bo Feng ^a   Shi, Guang Xia ^a   Liu, Cun Zhi ^a  

^a BEIJING HOSPITAL OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE AFFILIATED TO CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; FMRI; Neural mechanisms

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALGESIA; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN FUNCTION; CEREBELLUM; DYSPEPSIA; EMOTION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUSIFORM GYRUS; HEMODYNAMICS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; INSULA; IRRITABLE COLON; LATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; OCCIPITAL LOBE; POSTCENTRAL GYRUS; PRECUNEUS; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTING STATE NETWORK; REVIEW; SECONDARY SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SENSATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THALAMUS; THALAMUS LATERAL NUCLEUS; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 84930084135     PISSN: 15660702     EISSN: 18727484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2015.03.006     Document Type: Review

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