Effect of Acupuncture in Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer Disease: A Functional MRI Study

	Effect of Acupuncture in Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer Disease: A Functional MRI Study
	Wang, ZQ; Nie BB(聂彬彬); Nie, BB; Li, DH; Zhao, ZL; Han, Y; Song, HQ; Xu, JY; Shan, BC; Lu, J
刊名	PLOS ONE
	2012
卷号	7 期号:8 页码:e42730
英文摘要	We aim to clarify the mechanisms of acupuncture in treating mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer disease (AD) by using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Thirty-six right-handed subjects (8 MCI patients, 14 AD patients, and 14 healthy elders) participated in this study. Clinical and neuropsychological examinations were performed on all the subjects. MRI data acquisition was performed on a SIEMENS verio 3-Tesla scanner. The fMRI study used a single block experimental design. We first acquired the baseline resting state data in the initial 3 minutes; we then acquired the fMRI data during the procession of acupuncture stimulation on the acupoints of Tai chong and Hegu for the following 3 minutes. Last, we acquired fMRI data for another 10 minutes after the needle was withdrawn. The preprocessing and data analysis were performed using the statistical parametric mapping (SPM8) software. Then the two-sample t-tests were performed between each two groups of different states. We found that during the resting state, brain activities in AD and MCI patients were different from those of control subjects. During the acupuncture and the second resting state after acupuncture, when comparing to resting state, there are several regions showing increased or decreased activities in MCI, AD subjects compared to normal subjects. Most of the regions were involved in the temporal lobe and the frontal lobe, which were closely related to the memory and cognition. In conclusion, we investigated the effect of acupuncture in AD and MCI patients by combing fMRI and traditional acupuncture. Our fMRI study confirmed that acupuncture at Tai chong (Liv3) and He gu (LI4) can activate certain cognitive-related regions in AD and MCI patients.
学科主题	Science & Technology - Other Topics
收录类别	SCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000307733800026
公开日期	2016-05-03
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.ihep.ac.cn/handle/311005/224730]
专题	中国科学院高能物理研究所
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Wang, ZQ,Nie BB,Nie, BB,et al. Effect of Acupuncture in Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer Disease: A Functional MRI Study[J]. PLOS ONE,2012,7(8):e42730.
APA	Wang, ZQ.,聂彬彬.,Nie, BB.,Li, DH.,Zhao, ZL.,...&Li, KC；单保慈.(2012).Effect of Acupuncture in Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer Disease: A Functional MRI Study.PLOS ONE,7(8),e42730.
MLA	Wang, ZQ,et al."Effect of Acupuncture in Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer Disease: A Functional MRI Study".PLOS ONE 7.8(2012):e42730.