The increased inter-brain neural synchronization in prefrontal cortex between simulated patient and acupuncturist during acupuncture stimulation: Evidence from functional near-infrared spectroscopy hyperscanning.

ABSTRACT: The patient-acupuncturist interaction was a critical influencing factor for acupuncture effects but its mechanism remains unclear. This study aimed to examine the inter-brain mechanism of patient-acupuncturist dyad during acupuncture stimulation in a naturalistic clinical setting. Seventy healthy subjects (simulated "patients") were randomly assigned to two groups and received verum acupuncture group or sham acupuncture by one acupuncturist. Functional near-infrared spectroscopy hyperscanning was used to simultaneously record the neural responses of "patient"-acupuncturist dyad during acupuncture stimulation in each group. The results showed that inter-brain neural synchronization (INS) in the prefrontal cortex (PFC) of "patient"-acupuncturist dyad was significantly increased during verum

SUBMITTER: Chen L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9875919 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature