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Acupuncture for ischemic stroke: cerebellar activation may be a central mechanism following Deqi
The needling sensation of Deqi during acupuncture is a key factor of influencing acupuncture outcome. Recent studies have mainly focused on the brain function effects of Deqi in a physiological state. Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) on the effects of acupuncture at Waiguan (SJ5) in path...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4730825/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26889189 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1673-5374.172318 |
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author | Li, Miao-keng Li, Yu-jie Zhang, Gui-feng Chen, Jun-qi Zhang, Ji-ping Qi, Ji Huang, Yong Lai, Xin-sheng Tang, Chun-zhi |
author_facet | Li, Miao-keng Li, Yu-jie Zhang, Gui-feng Chen, Jun-qi Zhang, Ji-ping Qi, Ji Huang, Yong Lai, Xin-sheng Tang, Chun-zhi |
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description | The needling sensation of Deqi during acupuncture is a key factor of influencing acupuncture outcome. Recent studies have mainly focused on the brain function effects of Deqi in a physiological state. Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) on the effects of acupuncture at Waiguan (SJ5) in pathological and physiological states is controversial. In this study, 12 patients with ischemic stroke received acupuncture at Waiguan (SJ5) and simultaneously underwent fMRI scanning of the brain, with imaging data of the activated areas obtained. Based on the patient's sensation, imaging data were allocated to either the Deqi group or non-Deqi group. In the Deqi group, the activated/deactivated areas were the left superior temporal gyrus (BA39)/right anterior lobe of the cerebellum and left thalamus. In the non-Deqi group, the activated areas included the medial frontal gyrus of the right frontal lobe (BA11), right limbic lobe (BA30, 35), and left frontal lobe (BA47), while the only deactivated area was the right parietal lobe (BA40). Compared with the non-Deqi group, the Deqi group exhibited marked activation of the right anterior lobe of the cerebellum and right limbic lobe (BA30). These findings confirm that the clinical effect of Deqi during acupuncture is based on brain functional changes. Cerebellar activation may be one of the central mechanisms of acupuncture in the treatment of ischemic stroke. |
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spelling | pubmed-47308252016-02-17 Acupuncture for ischemic stroke: cerebellar activation may be a central mechanism following Deqi Li, Miao-keng Li, Yu-jie Zhang, Gui-feng Chen, Jun-qi Zhang, Ji-ping Qi, Ji Huang, Yong Lai, Xin-sheng Tang, Chun-zhi Neural Regen Res Research Article The needling sensation of Deqi during acupuncture is a key factor of influencing acupuncture outcome. Recent studies have mainly focused on the brain function effects of Deqi in a physiological state. Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) on the effects of acupuncture at Waiguan (SJ5) in pathological and physiological states is controversial. In this study, 12 patients with ischemic stroke received acupuncture at Waiguan (SJ5) and simultaneously underwent fMRI scanning of the brain, with imaging data of the activated areas obtained. Based on the patient's sensation, imaging data were allocated to either the Deqi group or non-Deqi group. In the Deqi group, the activated/deactivated areas were the left superior temporal gyrus (BA39)/right anterior lobe of the cerebellum and left thalamus. In the non-Deqi group, the activated areas included the medial frontal gyrus of the right frontal lobe (BA11), right limbic lobe (BA30, 35), and left frontal lobe (BA47), while the only deactivated area was the right parietal lobe (BA40). Compared with the non-Deqi group, the Deqi group exhibited marked activation of the right anterior lobe of the cerebellum and right limbic lobe (BA30). These findings confirm that the clinical effect of Deqi during acupuncture is based on brain functional changes. Cerebellar activation may be one of the central mechanisms of acupuncture in the treatment of ischemic stroke. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015-12 /pmc/articles/PMC4730825/ /pubmed/26889189 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1673-5374.172318 Text en Copyright: © Neural Regeneration Research http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Li, Miao-keng Li, Yu-jie Zhang, Gui-feng Chen, Jun-qi Zhang, Ji-ping Qi, Ji Huang, Yong Lai, Xin-sheng Tang, Chun-zhi Acupuncture for ischemic stroke: cerebellar activation may be a central mechanism following Deqi |
title | Acupuncture for ischemic stroke: cerebellar activation may be a central mechanism following Deqi |
title_full | Acupuncture for ischemic stroke: cerebellar activation may be a central mechanism following Deqi |
title_fullStr | Acupuncture for ischemic stroke: cerebellar activation may be a central mechanism following Deqi |
title_full_unstemmed | Acupuncture for ischemic stroke: cerebellar activation may be a central mechanism following Deqi |
title_short | Acupuncture for ischemic stroke: cerebellar activation may be a central mechanism following Deqi |
title_sort | acupuncture for ischemic stroke: cerebellar activation may be a central mechanism following deqi |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4730825/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26889189 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1673-5374.172318 |
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