Evidence of a Synergistic Effect of Acupoint Combination: A Resting-State Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 800-809

  Zhang, Jiping ^a   Zheng, Yu ^a   Wang, Yanjie ^a   Qu, Shanshan ^a   Zhang, Shaoqun ^a   Wu, Chunxiao ^a   Chen, Junqi ^b   Ouyang, Huailiang ^c   Tang, Chunzhi ^d   Huang, Yong ^a  

^a SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b THE THIRD AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d GUANGZHOU UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

acupoints combination; acupuncture; MRI; synergistic effect

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RESTING STATE NETWORK; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STRIATE CORTEX; BRAIN; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FOOT; IMAGE PROCESSING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ADULT; BRAIN; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84990841350     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: 15577708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2016.0016     Document Type: Article

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