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Monitoring Acupuncture Effects on Human Brain by fMRI
Authors:Kathleen K S Hui  Vitaly Napadow  Jing Liu  Ming Li  Ovidiu Marina  Erika E Nixon  Joshua D Claunch  Lauren LaCount  Tara Sporko  Kenneth K Kwong
Institution:Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School;William Beaumont Hospital
Abstract: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.Download video file.(104M, mp4)
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