ArticleNeural plasticity2020
The Modulation of Reward and Habit Systems by Acupuncture in Adolescents with Internet Addiction.
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- Acupuncture modulates the functional connectivity among the subcortical nucleus and fronto-parietal network in adolescents with internet addiction.Brain and behavior · 2023Article
- Acupuncture in Addiction Medicine: Its History, Evidence, and Possibilities.Medical acupuncture · 2023Review
- Acupuncture ameliorates Mobile Phone Addiction with sleep disorders and restores salivary metabolites rhythm.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Structural and Functional Neural Alterations in Internet Addiction: A Study Protocol for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Psychiatry investigation · 2023Article
- Acupuncture mechanism studies employing task-based fMRI: a scoping review protocol.Systematic reviews · 2022Article
- The modulation of mRNA levels of MAOA by electroacupuncture and psychotherapy in patients with pathological internet use.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- Identifying Internet Addiction and Evaluating the Efficacy of Treatment Based on Functional Connectivity Density: A Machine Learning Study.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2021Article
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Abstract
Purpose: Acupuncture is an effective therapy for Internet addiction (IA). However, the underlying mechanisms of acupuncture in relieving compulsive Internet use remain unknown. Neuroimaging studies have demonstrated the role of the ventral striatum (VS) in the progress of IA; hence, the aim of this study was to explore the effects of acupuncture on the resting-state functional connectivity (rsFC) and relevant network of VS in IA. Methods: Twenty-seven IA individuals and 30 demographically matched healthy control subjects (HCs) were recruited in this study. We acquired the functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data in IA subjects before and after 40 days of acupuncture treatment. Seed-to-voxel and ROI-to-ROI analyses were applied to detect the rsFC alterations of the VS and related network in IA subjects and to investigate the modulation effect of acupuncture on the rsFC. Results: Compared with HCs, IA subjects exhibited enhanced rsFC of the right ventral rostral putamen (VRP) with the left orbitofrontal cortex (OFC), premotor cortex (PMC), cerebellum, and right ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC). In the network including these five ROIs, IA also showed increased ROI-to-ROI rsFC. Using a paired Conclusions: These findings verified the modulation effect of acupuncture on functional connectivity of reward and habit systems related to the VS in IA individuals, which might partly represent the underlying mechanisms of acupuncture on IA.
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