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Does acupuncture therapy alter activation of neural pathway for pain perception in irritable bowel syndrome?: a comparative study of true and sham acupuncture using functional magnetic resonance imaging.

Winnie Cw Chu | Justin Cy Wu | David Tw Yew | Liang Zhang | Lin Shi | David Kw Yeung | Defeng Wang | Raymond Ky Tong | Yawen Chan | Lixing Lao | Ping C Leung | Brian M Berman | Joseph Jy Sung
Journal of neurogastroenterology and motility | 2012

Patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) are characterized by abnormal central processing with altered brain activation in response to visceral nociceptive signals. The effect of electroacupuncture (EA) on IBS patients is unclear. The study is set to study the effect of EA on brain activation during noxious rectal distension in IBS patients using a randomized sham-controlled model.

Pubmed ID: 22837879

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  • Agency: NCCIH NIH HHS, United States
    Id: U19 AT003266

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