Modulatory effect of International Standard Scalp Acupuncture on brain activation in the elderly as revealed by resting-state fMRI

Neural Regeneration Research

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2019, Pages 2126-2131

  Chung, Wai Yeung ^a,b   Liu, Song Yan ^c   Gao, Jing Chun ^d   Jiang, Yi Jing ^e   Zhang, Jing ^c   Qu, Shan Shan ^a   Zhang, Ji Ping ^a   Tan, Xiao Long ^d   Chen, Jun Qi ^d   Wang, Sheng Xu ^a  

^a SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

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

^e FUJIAN UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Acupoint specificity; Brain functional connectivity; Functional connectivity; Healthy elderly volunteers; International Standard Scalp Acupuncture; Low frequency fluctuation; Nerve regeneration; Neural regeneration; Regional homogeneity; Resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; NERVE REGENERATION; PLANT SEED; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REST; SCALP; SUPERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; SUPRAMARGINAL GYRUS; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 85070674900     PISSN: 16735374     EISSN: 18767958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1673-5374.262590     Document Type: Article

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