ArticleNeural plasticity2020
Acupuncture Modulates Disrupted Whole-Brain Network after Ischemic Stroke: Evidence Based on Graph Theory Analysis.
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- Somatosensory Deficits After Stroke: Insights From MRI Studies.Frontiers in neurology · 2022Pooled it
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- Acupuncture for Post-Stroke Cognitive Impairment: Mechanisms and Clinical Evidence (2020-2025).Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment · 2026Review
- Functional connectivity of the periaqueductal grey subdivisions is disrupted in chronic low back pain.Brain imaging and behavior · 2025Article
- The Effect of Integrative Treatment on Improving Functional Level in Stroke Patients: A Retrospective Chart Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Resting-State Functional Connectivity of Sensorimotor and Default Mode Networks and Lower Limb Performance in Chronic Stroke: A Cross-Sectional Study.Brain and behavior · 2025Article
- Immediate modulation effects of Tongue Tri-needle on brain functional networks in infratentorial stroke patients with dysphagia: a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Article
- Topological functional network analysis of cortical blood flow in hyperacute ischemic rats.Brain structure & function · 2024Article
- Electroacupuncture modulates abnormal brain connectivity after ischemia reperfusion injury in rats: A graph theory-based approach.Brain and behavior · 2024Article
- Overview of evidence-based research on acupuncture for stroke treatment using magnetic resonance imaging technology.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2024Review
- Predicting poststroke dyskinesia with resting-state functional connectivity in the motor network.Neurophotonics · 2023Article
- Acupuncture-Neuroimaging Research Trends over Past Two Decades: A Bibliometric Analysis.Chinese journal of integrative medicine · 2023Review
- Neuroimaging mechanisms of acupuncture on functional reorganization for post-stroke motor improvement: a machine learning-based functional magnetic resonance imaging study.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2023Article
- Automatic depression diagnosis through hybrid EEG and near-infrared spectroscopy features using support vector machine.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2023Article
- Recombination of the right cerebral cortex in patients with left side USN after stroke: fNIRS evidence from resting state.Frontiers in neurology · 2023Article
- The treatment of post-stroke dysarthria with a combination of different acupuncture types and language rehabilitation training: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Annals of translational medicine · 2022Article
- The altered intrinsic functional connectivity after acupuncture at shenmen (HT7) in acute sleep deprivation.Frontiers in neurology · 2022Article
- Alteration of brain functional networks induced by electroacupuncture stimulation in rats with ischemia-reperfusion: An independent component analysis.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2022Article
- Manual Acupuncture or Combination of Rehabilitation Therapy to Treat Poststroke Dysphagia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2022Review
- Modulations of static and dynamic functional connectivity among brain networks by electroacupuncture in post-stroke aphasia.Frontiers in neurology · 2022Article
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Abstract
Background: Stroke can lead to disruption of the whole-brain network in patients. Acupuncture can modulate the functional network on a large-scale level in healthy individuals. However, whether and how acupuncture can make a potential impact on the disrupted whole-brain network after ischemic stroke remains elusive. Methods: 26 stroke patients with a right hemispheric subcortical infarct were recruited. We gathered the functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) from patients with stroke and healthy controls in the resting state and after acupuncture intervention, to investigate the instant alterations of the large-scale functional networks. The graph theory analysis was applied using the GRETNA and SPM12 software to construct the whole-brain network and yield the small-world parameters and network efficiency. Results: Compared with the healthy subjects, the stroke patients had a decreased normalized small-worldness ( Conclusion: The poststroke whole-brain network tended to a random network with reduced network efficiency. Acupuncture was able to modulate the disrupted patterns of the whole-brain network following the subcortical ischemic stroke. Our findings shed light on the potential mechanisms of the functional reorganization on poststroke brain networks involving acupuncture intervention from a large-scale perspective.
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