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ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2016

Functional Connectivity Modulation by Acupuncture in Patients with Bell's Palsy.

Yunpeng Bian, Xiaoxuan He, Sheng Hu, Chuanfu Li, Chunsheng Xu, Hongxing Kan, Qiuju Xue, Jun Yang, Bensheng Qiu

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Article in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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9 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Yunpeng BianCenter for Biomedical Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230027, China.ORCID 0000-0002-4497-9383
Xiaoxuan HeCenter for Biomedical Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230027, China.
Sheng HuCenter for Biomedical Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230027, China.
Chuanfu LiLaboratory of Digital Medical Imaging, Medical Imaging Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, Anhui 230031, China.
Chunsheng XuLaboratory of Digital Medical Imaging, Medical Imaging Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, Anhui 230031, China.
Hongxing KanAnhui Computer Application Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hefei, Anhui 230038, China.
Qiuju XueLaboratory of Digital Medical Imaging, Medical Imaging Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, Anhui 230031, China.
Jun YangLaboratory of Digital Medical Imaging, Medical Imaging Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, Anhui 230031, China.ORCID 0000-0002-4849-7402
Bensheng QiuCenter for Biomedical Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230027, China; Anhui Computer Application Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hefei, Anhui 230038, China; Department of Radiology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98108, USA.
Anhui University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CNUniversity of Science and Technology of China · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bell's palsy (BP), an acute unilateral facial paralysis, is frequently treated with acupuncture in many countries. However, the mechanism of treatment is not clear so far. In order to explore the potential mechanism, 22 healthy volunteers and 17 BP patients with different clinical duration were recruited. The resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging scans were conducted before and after acupuncture at LI4 (Hegu), respectively. By comparing BP-induced functional connectivity (FC) changes with acupuncture-induced FC changes in the patients, the abnormal increased FC that could be reduced by acupuncture was selected. The FC strength of the selected FC at various stages was analyzed subsequently. Our results show that FC modulation of acupuncture is specific and consistent with the tendency of recovery. Therefore, we propose that FC modulation by acupuncture may be beneficial to recovery from the disease.

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