Repeated acupuncture treatments modulate amygdala resting state functional connectivity of depressive patients

NeuroImage: Clinical

Volumn 12, Issue , 2016, Pages 746-752

  Wang, Xiaoyun ^a   Wang, Zengjian ^b,c   Liu, Jian ^a   Chen, Jun ^a   Liu, Xian ^a   Nie, Guangning ^a   Byun, Joon Seok ^d   Liang, Yilin ^c,e   Park, Joel ^c   Huang, Ruiwang ^b   Liu, Ming ^b   Liu, Bo ^a   Kong, Jian ^c  

^a GUANGDONG PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Daegu Haany University   (South Korea)

^e WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Amygdala; Combination effect; Depression; Fluoxetine; Limbic system; Resting state functional connectivity

Indexed keywords

FLUOXETINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AMYGDALA; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; LEFT HIPPOCAMPUS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MONTGOMERY ASBERG DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; NEUROMODULATION; PREGUENUAL ANTERIOR CINGULATE CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; PUTAMEN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPEAT PROCEDURE; RESTING STATE NETWORK; SELF-RATING DEPRESSION SCALE; SUBGENUAL ANTERIOR CINGULATE CORTEX; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NERVE TRACT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; AMYGDALA; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, SECOND-GENERATION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; FLUOXETINE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84992736377     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22131582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2016.07.011     Document Type: Article

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