Acupuncture modulates the limbic system and subcortical gray structures of the human brain: evidence from fMRI studies in normal subjects.

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Published in Hum Brain Mapp on January 01, 2000

Authors

K K Hui1, J Liu, N Makris, R L Gollub, A J Chen, C I Moore, D N Kennedy, B R Rosen, K K Kwong

Author Affiliations

1: MGH-NMR Center, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston 02129, USA. hui@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu

Associated clinical trials:

Community Self-help Using Thought Field Therapy in a Traumatised Population in Uganda: a Randomised Trial | NCT01681628

Effect of Acupuncture on Human Brain Activity | NCT00079898

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