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Blockade of the brachial plexus abolishes activation of specific brain regions by electroacupuncture at LI4: a functional MRI study

OBJECTIVE: Our aim was to test the hypothesis that electroacupuncture (EA) at acupuncture point LI4 activates specific brain regions by nerve stimulation that is mediatied through a pathway involving the brachial plexus. METHODS: Twelve acupuncture naive right-handed volunteers were allocated to rec...

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Autores principales: Gu, Weidong, Jiang, Wei, He, Jingwei, Liu, Songbin, Wang, Zhaoxin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4859836/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26464415
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/acupmed-2015-010901