Monitoring acupuncture effects on human brain by FMRI
| Autor: | Jing Liu, Lauren LaCount, Joshua D. Claunch, Kenneth K. Kwong, Ovidiu Marina, Tara Sporko, Ming Li, Kathleen K.S. Hui, Vitaly Napadow, Erika E. Nixon |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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Autonomic nerve General Immunology and Microbiology medicine.diagnostic_test Resting state fMRI Haemodynamic response business.industry General Chemical Engineering General Neuroscience Acupuncture Therapy Brain Magnetic resonance imaging Human brain Zusanli Magnetic Resonance Imaging General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology medicine.anatomical_structure medicine Acupuncture Physiological monitoring Humans business Neuroscience |
| Zdroj: | Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE. (38) |
| ISSN: | 1940-087X |
| Popis: | Functional MRI is used to study the effects of acupuncture on the BOLD response and the functional connectivity of the human brain. Results demonstrate that acupuncture mobilizes a limbic-paralimbic-neocortical network and its anti-correlated sensorimotor/paralimbic network at multiple levels of the brain and that the hemodynamic response is influenced by the psychophysical response. Physiological monitoring may be performed to explore the peripheral response of the autonomic nerve function. This video describes the studies performed at LI4 (hegu), ST36 (zusanli) and LV3 (taichong), classical acupoints that are commonly used for modulatory and pain-reducing actions. Some issues that require attention in the applications of fMRI to acupuncture investigation are noted. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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