Effect of Acupuncture on Functional Connectivity of Anterior Cingulate Cortex for Bell’s Palsy Patients with Different Clinical Duration
Joint Authors
Xu, Chunsheng
Li, Chuanfu
Wu, Hongli
Wu, Yuanyuan
Kan, Hongxing
Park, Kyungmo
Zhu, Yifang
Mohamed, Abdalla Z.
Zhang, Wei
Yang, Jun
Source
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-06-16
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Acupuncture is widely used in the treatment of Bell’s palsy (BP) in many countries, but its underlying physiological mechanism remained controversial.
In order to explore the potential mechanism, changes of functional connectivity (FC) of anterior cingulate gyrus (ACC) were investigated.
We collected 20 healthy (control group) participants and 28 BP patients with different clinical duration accepted resting state functional MRI (rfMRI) scans before and after acupuncture, respectively.
The FC of ACC before and after acupuncture was compared with paired t-test and the detailed results are presented in the paper.
Our results showed that effects of the acupuncture on FC were closely related to clinical duration in patients with BP, which suggested that brain response to acupuncture was closely connected with the status of brain functional connectivity and implied that acupuncture plays a homeostatic role in the BP treatment.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Wu, Hongli& Kan, Hongxing& Li, Chuanfu& Park, Kyungmo& Zhu, Yifang& Mohamed, Abdalla Z.…[et al.]. 2015. Effect of Acupuncture on Functional Connectivity of Anterior Cingulate Cortex for Bell’s Palsy Patients with Different Clinical Duration. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1063428
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Wu, Hongli…[et al.]. Effect of Acupuncture on Functional Connectivity of Anterior Cingulate Cortex for Bell’s Palsy Patients with Different Clinical Duration. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1063428
American Medical Association (AMA)
Wu, Hongli& Kan, Hongxing& Li, Chuanfu& Park, Kyungmo& Zhu, Yifang& Mohamed, Abdalla Z.…[et al.]. Effect of Acupuncture on Functional Connectivity of Anterior Cingulate Cortex for Bell’s Palsy Patients with Different Clinical Duration. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1063428
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1063428
