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ArticleFrontiers in human neuroscience2016

Difficulties Choosing Control Points in Acupuncture Research. Response: Commentary: Differential Cerebral Response, Measured with Both an EEG and fMRI, to Somatosensory Stimulation of a Single Acupuncture Point vs. Two Non-Acupuncture Points.

Till Nierhaus, Daniel Pach, Wenjing Huang, Xiangyu Long, Vitaly Napadow, Stephanie Roll, Fanrong Liang, Burkhard Pleger, Arno Villringer, Claudia M Witt

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Article in Frontiers in human neuroscience, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Till NierhausMind-Brain Institute at Berlin School of Mind and Brain, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin and Humboldt-UniversityBerlin, Germany; Department for Neurology, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain SciencesLeipzig, Germany.
Daniel PachInstitute for Social Medicine, Epidemiology, and Health Economics, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin Berlin, Germany.
Wenjing HuangInstitute for Social Medicine, Epidemiology, and Health Economics, Charité - Universitätsmedizin BerlinBerlin, Germany; Acupuncture Moxibustion and Tuina School, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese MedicineChengdu, China.
Xiangyu LongDepartment for Neurology, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences Leipzig, Germany.
Vitaly NapadowDepartment of Radiology, Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical SchoolCharlestown, MA, USA; Department of Radiology, Logan UniversityChesterfield, MO, USA.
Stephanie RollInstitute for Social Medicine, Epidemiology, and Health Economics, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin Berlin, Germany.
Fanrong LiangAcupuncture Moxibustion and Tuina School, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Chengdu, China.
Burkhard PlegerDepartment for Neurology, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences Leipzig, Germany.
Arno VillringerMind-Brain Institute at Berlin School of Mind and Brain, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin and Humboldt-UniversityBerlin, Germany; Department for Neurology, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain SciencesLeipzig, Germany.
Claudia M WittInstitute for Social Medicine, Epidemiology, and Health Economics, Charité - Universitätsmedizin BerlinBerlin, Germany; Institute for Complementary and Integrative Medicine, University Hospital ZurichZurich, Switzerland.

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acupuncturebackground rhythmelectroencephalography (EEG)functional connectivityfunctional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)somatosensory stimulation

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