A central analgesic mechanism of acupuncture for migraine: An ongoing functional MRI study.

ABSTRACT: Shaoyang acupoints are the most frequently used in migraine treatment. However, the central analgesic mechanism remains poorly understood. Studies have demonstrated that single stimulus of the verum acupuncture in healthy subjects can induce significant connectivity or activity changes in pain-related central networks compared with sham acupuncture. However, these findings are not indicative of the central analgesic mechanism of acupuncture at Shaoyang acupoints. Thus, we recruited 100 migraine sufferers and randomly assigned them into five groups: Shaoyang uncommon acupoint, Shaoyang common acupoint, Yangming uncommon acupoint, non-acupoint control, and blank control groups. Subjects were subjected to evaluation of curative effects and functional MRI prior to and after 10 and 20 acupunctu

SUBMITTER: Lan L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4146023 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature