ArticleThe journal of headache and pain2015
The effects of acupuncture treatment on the right frontoparietal network in migraine without aura patients.
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- Functional brain alterations associated with acupuncture for chronic pain: a scoping review of fMRI studies.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2026Pooled it
- Acupuncture for migraine: a literature review of neuroimaging studies.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Pooled it
- Imaging the brain and vascular reactions to headache treatments: a systematic review.The journal of headache and pain · 2023Pooled it
- Revealing the Neural Mechanism Underlying the Effects of Acupuncture on Migraine: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2021Pooled it
- Effects of Chronic Pain Treatment on Altered Functional and Metabolic Activities in the Brain: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Functional Neuroimaging Studies.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2021Pooled it
- Acupuncture at Zuqiaoyin (GB44) Modulates Regional Brain Activity in Migraine Without Aura: A Resting-State Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study.Pain research & management · 2026Trial
- Changes in brain functional networks in remitted major depressive disorder: a six-month follow-up study.BMC psychiatry · 2023Trial
- Acupuncture modulates the abnormal brainstem activity in migraine without aura patients.NeuroImage. Clinical · 2017Trial
- Alterations of static and dynamic functional connectivity of the nucleus accumbens subregions may be associated with chronic process of migraine: a resting-state fMRI study.The journal of headache and pain · 2026Article
- Bridging the gap: molecular mechanisms, regional activity and connectivity in headache disorders.Brain : a journal of neurology · 2026Review
- Effects of Acupuncture on Cerebral Blood Flow in Episodic Migraine Patients Investigated by Arterial Spin Labeling MRI.Neural plasticity · 2026Article
- Acupuncture modulates the microbiota-gut-brain axis: a novel therapeutic strategy for amnestic mild cognitive impairment.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2025Article
- Effect of Acupuncture on Functional Connectivity of the Limbic Network in Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis: A Resting State Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study.Journal of pain research · 2025Article
- Modulation of temporal and occipital cortex by acupuncture in non-menstrual MWoA patients: a rest BOLD fMRI study.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2024Article
- Contralateral acupuncture for migraine without aura: a randomized trial protocol with multimodal MRI.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2024Article
- Use of complementary and alternative medicine in children affected by oncologic, neurologic and liver diseases: a narrative review.Italian journal of pediatrics · 2023Review
- Aberrant Resting-state Functional Connectivity in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome: A Network-based Statistics Analysis.Experimental neurobiology · 2023Article
- Bibliometric Analysis of 100 Most Highly Cited Publications on Acupuncture for Migraine.Journal of pain research · 2023Article
- Central Mechanism of Acupuncture Treatment in Patients with Migraine: Study Protocol for Randomized Controlled Neuroimaging Trial.Journal of pain research · 2023Article
- Three Dimensions of Association Link Migraine Symptoms and Functional Connectivity.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundFunctional and structural abnormalities in resting-state brain networks in migraine patients have been confirmed by previous functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies. However, few studies focusing on the neural responses of therapeutic treatment on migraine have been conducted. In this study, we tried to examined the treatment-related effects of standard acupuncture treatment on the right frontoparietal network (RFPN) in migraine patients.
methodsA total of 12 migraine without aura (MWoA) patients were recruited to undergo resting-state fMRI scanning and were rescanned after 4 weeks standard acupuncture treatment. Another 12 matched healthy control (HC) subjects underwent once scanning for comparison. We analyzed the functional connectivity of the RFPN between MWoA patients and HC subjects before treatment and that of the MWoA patients before and after treatment. Diffusion tensor images (DTI) data analyzing was also performed to detect fiber-related treatment responses.
resultsWe observed significantly decreased FC in the RFPN and that the decreased FC could be reversed by acupuncture treatment. The changes of FC in MWoA patients was negatively correlated with the decrease of visual analogue scale (VAS) scores after treatment. This study indicated that acupuncture treatment for MWoA patients was associated with normalizing effects on the intrinsic decreased FC of the RFPN.
conclusionsOur study provided new insights into the treatment-related neural responses in MWoA patients and suggested potential functional pathways for the evaluation of treatment in MWoA patients. Future studies are still in need to confirm the current results and to elucidate the complex neural mechanisms of acupuncture treatment.
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