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Ipsilateral Putamen and Insula Activation by Both Left and Right GB34 Acupuncture Stimulation: An fMRI Study on Healthy Participants
Joint Authors
Yeo, Sujung
Bosch, Peggy
van den Noort, Maurits
Lim, Sabina
Source
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2016, Issue 2016 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-9, 9 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2016-12-08
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
9
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The modulatory effects on the brain during right versus left side acupuncture stimulation of the same acupuncture point have been a subject of controversy.
For clarification of this important methodological issue, the present study was designed to compare the blood oxygen level-dependent responses of acupuncture stimulation on the right versus left Yanglingquan (GB34).
Twenty-two healthy subjects received right or left GB34 acupuncture.
Our results show that acupuncture on the left GB34 induced neural responses in the left putamen, caudate body, insula, postcentral gyrus, claustrum, right and left thalamus, right middle frontal gyrus, hypothalamus, and subthalamic nucleus.
Acupuncture on the right GB34 induced neural responses in the right middle frontal gyrus, inferior parietal lobule, thalamus, putamen, lateral globus pallidus, medial globus pallidus, and insula.
Interestingly, the putamen and insula were ipsilaterally activated by acupuncture on either the left or right GB34; therefore, they seem to be the main target areas affected by GB34 acupuncture.
This is the first reported functional magnetic resonance imaging study directly comparing needling on the right and left GB34.
Although more replication studies are needed, our preliminary results prove that acupuncture has different modulatory effects on the brain when performed on the right versus left side.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Yeo, Sujung& van den Noort, Maurits& Bosch, Peggy& Lim, Sabina. 2016. Ipsilateral Putamen and Insula Activation by Both Left and Right GB34 Acupuncture Stimulation: An fMRI Study on Healthy Participants. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1104132
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Yeo, Sujung…[et al.]. Ipsilateral Putamen and Insula Activation by Both Left and Right GB34 Acupuncture Stimulation: An fMRI Study on Healthy Participants. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1104132
American Medical Association (AMA)
Yeo, Sujung& van den Noort, Maurits& Bosch, Peggy& Lim, Sabina. Ipsilateral Putamen and Insula Activation by Both Left and Right GB34 Acupuncture Stimulation: An fMRI Study on Healthy Participants. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1104132
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1104132