ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2017
The Effects of Acupuncture Stimulation for Brain Activation and Alcohol Abstinence Self-Efficacy: Functional MRI Study.
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- Shared and distinct brain activation patterns of acupoints HT7, ST36, and KI4: a task-based fMRI study.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Article
- Acupuncture mechanism studies employing task-based fMRI: a scoping review protocol.Systematic reviews · 2022Article
- Effects of acupuncture stimulation on brain activation induced by cue-elicited alcohol craving.Neural regeneration research · 2022Article
- Clinical application of single acupoint (HT7).Integrative medicine research · 2019Article
- Acupuncture for alcohol use disorder.International journal of physiology, pathophysiology and pharmacology · 2018Article
- Acupuncture on the Stress-Related Drug Relapse to Seeking.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2018Review
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10 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
We attempted to investigate whether acupuncture stimulation at HT7 can have an effect on brain activation patterns and alcohol abstinence self-efficacy. Thirty-four right-handed healthy subjects were recruited for this study. They were randomly assigned into two groups: the HT7 (Shenmen) group and the LI5 (Yangxi) group. Acupuncture stimulation was performed using a block paradigm during fMRI scanning. Additionally, the Korean version of Alcohol Abstinence Self-Efficacy Scale (AASES) was used to determine the effect of acupuncture stimulation on self-efficacy to abstain from alcohol use. According to the result of fMRI group analysis, the activation induced by HT7 stimulation was found on the bilateral postcentral gyrus, inferior parietal lobule, inferior frontal gyrus, claustrum, insula, and anterior lobe of the cerebellum, as well as on the left posterior lobe of the cerebellum (
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