ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2020
Neuroimaging-Based Scalp Acupuncture Locations for Dementia.
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- Brain stimulation targets for chronic pain: Insights from meta-analysis, functional connectivity and literature review.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2024Pooled it
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- Potential scalp acupuncture and brain stimulation targets for common neurological disorders: evidence from neuroimaging studies.Chinese medicine · 2025Article
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- Therapeutic Potential of Combined Herbal Medicine and Electroacupuncture in Mild Cognitive Impairment Through Cytokine Modulation: An Observational Study.Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment · 2024Article
- Anatomical and Functional Connectivity of Critical Deep Brain Structures and Their Potential Clinical Application in Brain Stimulation.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Increased low frequency fluctuation in the brain after acupuncture treatment in CSVDCI patients: A randomized control trial study.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2023Article
- Effects of Acupuncture-Related Therapies in the Rehabilitation of Patients with Post-Stroke Aphasia-A Network Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Brain sciences · 2022Review
- Potential Targets for Noninvasive Brain Stimulation on Depersonalization-Derealization Disorder.Brain sciences · 2022Article
- Special Issue: State of the Art in Research on Acupuncture Treatment.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
- Potential scalp stimulation targets for mental disorders: evidence from neuroimaging studies.Journal of translational medicine · 2021Article
- Multi-Modal Analysis of Resting-State fMRI Data in mTBI Patients and Association With Neuropsychological Outcomes.Frontiers in neurology · 2021Article
- Resting-State fMRI in Studies of Acupuncture.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2021Review
- Applying the Power of the Mind in Acupuncture Treatment of Pain.Medical acupuncture · 2020Article
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Abstract
Scalp acupuncture is a modality of acupuncture in which acupuncture needles are inserted into a certain layer of the scalp in order to affect the function of corresponding areas of the cerebral cortex and relieve symptoms. Clinical studies have demonstrated the potential of scalp acupuncture as a non-pharmacological treatment for dementia. Unfortunately, recent findings from brain neuroimaging studies on dementia have not been incorporated into scalp acupuncture. This study aims to integrate meta-analysis, resting-state functional connectivity, and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) to identify potential locations of scalp acupuncture for treatment of dementia. We found that the prefrontal cortex, the medial prefrontal cortex, the middle and superior temporal gyrus, the temporal pole, the supplementary motor area, the inferior occipital gyrus, and the precuneus are involved in the pathophysiology of dementia and, therefore, may be the target areas of scalp acupuncture for dementia treatment. The neuroimaging-based scalp acupuncture protocol developed in this study may help to refine the locations for the treatment of dementia. Integrating multidisciplinary methods to identify key surface cortical areas associated with a certain disorder may shed light on the development of scalp acupuncture and other neuromodulation methods such as transcranial electrical current stimulation, particularly in the domain of identifying stimulation locations.
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