Acupuncture has been accepted to effectively treat chronic pain by inserting needles into the
specific “acupuncture points”(acupoints) on the patient's body. During the last decades, our …

Abstract Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) combines elements of exposure and cognitive
therapies with acupressure for the treatment of psychological distress. Randomized …

Convergent data from various scientific approaches strongly implicate cerebellar systems in
nonmotor functions. The functional anatomy of these systems has been pieced together from …

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Background The mechanisms of action underlying acupuncture, including acupuncture point
specificity, are not well understood. In the previous decade, an increasing number of studies …

Background Acupuncture and related techniques are promoted as a treatment for smoking
cessation in the belief that they may reduce nicotine withdrawal symptoms. Objectives The …

Controversy remains regarding the mechanisms of acupuncture analgesia. A prevailing
theory, largely unproven in humans, is that it involves the activation of endogenous opioid …

The human cerebellum is a heterogeneous structure, and the pattern of resting-state
functional connectivity (rsFC) of each subregion has not yet been fully characterized. We …

De qi is an important traditional acupuncture term used to describe the connection between
acupuncture needles and the energy pathways of the body. The concept is discussed in the …

Human and animal studies suggest that acupuncture produces many beneficial effects
through the central nervous system. However, the neural substrates of acupuncture actions …