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Chapters
- 00:00Title
- 00:07Introduction
- 01:30Setting up the Physiological Monitoring Equipment
- 02:43Preparing the Subject for fMRI Scanning
- 03:47Functional MR Imaging Sequences Tailored for Acupuncture Stimulation
- 05:13Acupuncture During fMRI Acquistion
- 07:12Representative fMRI Results
- 09:20Conclusion
FMRI and physiological monitoring is used to study the effects of Acupuncture on the central and peripheral nervous systems. Acupuncture mobilizes a limbic-paralimbic-neocortical network, with great overlap with the default mode network, to modulate neurological activity, possibly related to its autonomic effect in the peripheral nervous system.
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Acupuncture EffectsFMRIFunctional MRIBOLD ResponseFunctional ConnectivityHuman BrainLimbic-paralimbic-neocortical NetworkSensorimotor/paralimbic NetworkHemodynamic ResponsePsychophysical ResponsePhysiological MonitoringAutonomic Nerve FunctionLI4 (hegu)ST36 (zusanli)LV3 (taichong)Classical AcupointsModulatory ActionsPain-reducing ActionsFMRI Applications
