Brain functional connectivity network studies of acupuncture: a systematic review on resting-state fMRI

Journal of Integrative Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 26-33

  Cai, Rong lin ^a   Shen, Guo ming ^a   Wang, Hao ^a   Guan, Yuan yuan ^a  

^a ANHUI UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Alternative medicine; Complementary medicine; Functional connectivity; Functional network; Resting state functional magnetic resonance

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; AFFECT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ANTERIOR INSULA; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; DEFAULT MODE NETWORK; FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LIMBIC CORTEX; MEMORY; NEOCORTEX; PAIN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; PRECUNEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SUBCORTEX; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRICAL NERVE STIMULATION; ACUPUNCTURE POINT; BRAIN; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

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

EID: 85054446104     PISSN: 20954964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joim.2017.12.002     Document Type: Review

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