Activated and deactivated functional brain areas in the Deqi state A functional MRI study

作者：Huang, Yong; Zeng, Tongjun; Zhang, Guifeng; Li, Ganlong; Lu, Na; Lai, Xinsheng^*; Lu, Yangjia; Chen, Jiarong

来源：Neural Regeneration Research, 2012, 7(30): 2362-2369.

DOI：10.3969/j.issn.1673-5374.2012.30.006

• needling
• sham needling
• Waiguan (TE5)
• sham point
• Deqi
• functional MRI
• brain region activation
• deactivation
• neural regeneration

We compared the activities of functional regions of the brain in the Deqi versus non-Deqi state, as reported by physicians and subjects during acupuncture. Twelve healthy volunteers received sham and true needling at the Waiguan (TE5) acupoint. Real-time cerebral functional MRI showed that compared with non-sensation after sham needling, true needling activated Brodmann areas 3, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 20, 21, 37, 39, 40, 43, and 47, the head of the caudate nucleus, the parahippocampal gyrus, thalamus and red nucleus. True needling also deactivated Brodmann areas 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 18, 24, 31,40 and 46.

• 出版日期2012-10-25
• 单位广州中医药大学; 广东医科大学; 广州医科大学; 南方医科大学