The effects of acupuncture therapy in migraine: An activation likelihood estimation meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Previous functional magnetic resonance imaging studies indicated that acupuncture could activate the brain regions in patients with migraine. However, these studies showed inconsistent results. This activation likelihood estimation (ALE) meta-analysis aimed to investigate the consistent activated change of brain regions between pre- and post-acupuncture treatment in migraineurs.

Methods

We conducted a literature search in PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, the Cochrane Library, the China National Knowledge Infrastructure, the Chinese Science and Technology Periodical Database, the Wanfang Database, and the Chinese Biomedical Literature Database from their inception to 18 August, 2022, to obtain articles assessing the functional magnetic resonance imaging changes of a

SUBMITTER: Zhao J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9911686 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature