{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,1,19]],"date-time":"2026-01-19T11:21:30Z","timestamp":1768821690325,"version":"3.49.0"},"reference-count":0,"publisher":"African Traditional Herbal Medicine Supporters Initiative (ATHMSI)","issue":"6","content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":["Afr J  Tradit Complement Altern Med"],"abstract":"<jats:p>Objective: This Study observed the relevant brain areas activated by acupuncture at the Taichong acupoint (LR3) and analyzed the\r\nfunctional connectivity among brain areas using resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to explore the acupoint\r\nspecificity of the Taichong acupoint.\r\nMethods: A total of 45 healthy subjects were randomly divided into the Taichong (LR3) group, sham acupuncture group and sham\r\nacupoint group. Subjects received resting state fMRI before acupuncture, after true (sham) acupuncture in each group. Analysis of\r\nchanges in connectivity among the brain areas was performed using the brain functional connectivity method.\r\nResults: The right cerebrum temporal lobe was selected as the seed point to analyze the functional connectivity. It had a functional\r\nconnectivity with right cerebrum superior frontal gyrus, limbic lobe cingulate gyrus and left cerebrum inferior temporal gyrus (BA\r\n37), inferior parietal lobule compared by before vs. after acupuncture at LR3, and right cerebrum sub-lobar insula and left cerebrum\r\nmiddle frontal gyrus, medial frontal gyrus compared by true vs. sham acupuncture at LR3, and right cerebrum occipital lobe cuneus,\r\noccipital lobe sub-gyral, parietal lobe precuneus and left cerebellum anterior lobe culmen by acupuncture at LR3 vs. sham acupoint.\r\nConclusion: Acupuncture at LR3 mainly specifically activated the brain functional network that participates in visual function,\r\nassociative function, and emotion cognition, which are similar to the features on LR3 in tradition Chinese medicine. These brain\r\nareas constituted a neural network structure with specific functions that had specific reference values for the interpretation of the\r\nacupoint specificity of the Taichong acupoint.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.21010\/ajtcam.v13i6.14","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,3,27]],"date-time":"2017-03-27T10:25:03Z","timestamp":1490610303000},"page":"90-100","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":18,"title":["IMAGING OF BRAIN FUNCTION BASED ON THE ANALYSIS OF FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY - IMAGING ANALYSIS OF BRAIN FUNCTION BY FMRI AFTER ACUPUNCTURE"],"prefix":"10.21010","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Yu","family":"Zheng","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yuying","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yujun","family":"Lan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Xiaodong","family":"Qu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Kelin","family":"Lin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jiping","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Shanshan","family":"Qu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yanjie","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Chunzhi","family":"Tang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yong","family":"Huang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"8656","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2016,9,29]]},"container-title":["African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines"],"original-title":[],"link":[{"URL":"http:\/\/journals.athmsi.org\/index.php\/ajtcam\/article\/download\/4262\/pdf","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"http:\/\/journals.athmsi.org\/index.php\/ajtcam\/article\/download\/4262\/pdf","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2023,5,8]],"date-time":"2023-05-08T09:00:27Z","timestamp":1683536427000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"http:\/\/journals.athmsi.org\/index.php\/ajtcam\/article\/view\/4262"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2016,9,29]]},"references-count":0,"journal-issue":{"issue":"6","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2016,9,29]]}},"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.21010\/ajtcam.v13i6.14","relation":{},"ISSN":["2505-0044","0189-6016"],"issn-type":[{"value":"2505-0044","type":"electronic"},{"value":"0189-6016","type":"print"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2016,9,29]]}}}