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Differential Localization of Pain-Related and Pain-Unrelated Neural Responses for Acupuncture at BL60 Using BOLD fMRI
Joint Authors
Kim, Na-Hee
Park, Jung-Mi
Ko, Chang-Nam
Ryu, Chang-Woo
Cho, Seung-Yeon
Park, Seong-Uk
Jahng, Geon-Ho
Source
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-9, 9 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-06-18
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
9
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The objective of this study was to differentiate between pain-related and pain-unrelated neural responses of acupuncture at BL60 to investigate the specific effects of acupuncture.
A total of 19 healthy volunteers were evaluated.
fMRI was performed with sham or verum acupuncture stimulation at the left BL60 before and after local anesthesia.
To investigate the relative BOLD signal effect for each session, a one-sample t-test was performed for individual contrast maps, and a paired t-test to investigate the differences between the pre- and post-anesthetic signal effects.
Regarding verum acupuncture, areas that were more activated before local anesthesia included the superior, middle, and medial frontal gyri, inferior parietal lobule, superior temporal gyrus, thalamus, middle temporal gyrus, cingulate gyrus, culmen, and cerebellar tonsil.
The postcentral gyrus was more deactivated before local anesthesia.
After local anesthesia, the middle occipital gyrus, inferior temporal gyrus, postcentral gyrus, precuneus, superior parietal lobule, and declive were deactivated.
Pre-anesthetic verum acupuncture at BL60 activated areas of vision and pain transmission.
Post-anesthetic verum acupuncture deactivated brain areas of visual function, which is considered to be a pain-unrelated acupuncture response.
It indicates that specific effects of acupoint BL60 are to control vision sense as used in the clinical setting.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Kim, Na-Hee& Cho, Seung-Yeon& Jahng, Geon-Ho& Ryu, Chang-Woo& Park, Seong-Uk& Ko, Chang-Nam…[et al.]. 2013. Differential Localization of Pain-Related and Pain-Unrelated Neural Responses for Acupuncture at BL60 Using BOLD fMRI. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-499406
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Kim, Na-Hee…[et al.]. Differential Localization of Pain-Related and Pain-Unrelated Neural Responses for Acupuncture at BL60 Using BOLD fMRI. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-499406
American Medical Association (AMA)
Kim, Na-Hee& Cho, Seung-Yeon& Jahng, Geon-Ho& Ryu, Chang-Woo& Park, Seong-Uk& Ko, Chang-Nam…[et al.]. Differential Localization of Pain-Related and Pain-Unrelated Neural Responses for Acupuncture at BL60 Using BOLD fMRI. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-499406
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-499406