ReviewEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2021
Resting-State fMRI in Studies of Acupuncture.
Review in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.
- Coordinate-based (ALE) meta-analysis of acupuncture for musculoskeletal pain.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2022Pooled it
- Neuroregulatory mechanism of heat-sensitive moxibustion on the Dubi acupoint (ST 35) in patients with knee osteoarthritis: a resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging study.Frontiers in neurologyTrial
- Acupuncture for Poststroke Cognitive Impairment Based on Default Mode Network Analysis: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
- Acupuncture protects against ischemic stroke by inhibiting the NF-κB pathway.IBRO neuroscience reports · 2025Article
- Potential neural mechanisms of acupuncture therapy on migraine: a systematic review and activation likelihood estimation meta-analysis update.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2025Article
- Acupuncture might enhance word recognition scores in a patient with hearing loss: a case report and literature review.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2025Article
- Application of Acupuncture in Diabetic Vascular Complications: Efficacy and Potential Mechanisms.Journal of diabetes research · 2025Review
- Resting-State fMRI Reveals the Neural Correlates of Acupuncture in the Treatment of Vascular Cognitive Impairment.Clinical interventions in aging · 2025Review
- Altered brain activity associated with premature ejaculation improved by electroacupuncture in rats.Sexual medicine · 2024Article
- Electroacupuncture modulates abnormal brain connectivity after ischemia reperfusion injury in rats: A graph theory-based approach.Brain and behavior · 2024Article
- Acupuncture Ameliorates Depressive Behaviors by Modulating the Expression of Hippocampal Iba-1 and HMGB1 in Rats Exposed to Chronic Restraint Stress.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
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Authors and funding
7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Research exploring the mechanism of acupuncture has been a hot topic in medicine. Resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) research is a noninvasive and extensive method, which is aimed at the research of the mechanism of acupuncture. Researchers use fMRI technologies to inspect the acupuncture process. The authors reviewed the application of rs-fMRI in acupuncture research in recent 10 years from the aspects of studying acupoints, subjects, acupuncture methods, and intensities. The results found that the application of rs-fMRI in acupuncture research mainly includes research on the onset mechanism of acupuncture treatment; visual evidence of diagnosis and treatment of dominant diseases; efficacy assessments; physiological mechanism of acupoint stimulation; and specific visualization of acupoints.
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