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Acupuncture therapy in treating migraine: results of a magnetic resonance spectroscopy imaging study

Overview of attention for article published in Journal of Pain Research, April 2018
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
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Title
Acupuncture therapy in treating migraine: results of a magnetic resonance spectroscopy imaging study
Published in
Journal of Pain Research, April 2018
DOI 10.2147/jpr.s162696
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Tao Gu, Lei Lin, Yun Jiang, Juan Chen, Ryan CN D’Arcy, Min Chen, Xiaowei Song

Abstract

Acupuncture has been proven to be effective as an alternative therapy in treating migraine, but the pathophysiological mechanisms of the treatment remain unclear. This study investigated possible neurochemical responses to acupuncture treatment. Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy imaging was used to investigate biochemical levels pre- and post-acupuncture treatment. Participants (N=45) included subjects diagnosed with: 1) migraine without aura; 2) cervicogenic headache; and 3) healthy controls. Participants in the two patient groups received verum acupuncture using acupoints that target migraine without aura but not cervicogenic headache, while the healthy controls received a sham treatment. All participants had magnetic resonance spectroscopy scans before and after the acupuncture therapy. Levels of brain metabolites were examined in relation to clinical headache assessment scores. A significant increase in N-acetylaspartate/creatine was observed in bilateral thalamus in migraine without aura after the acupuncture treatment, which was significantly correlated with the headache intensity score. The data demonstrate brain biochemical changes underlying the effect of acupuncture treatment of migraine.

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Unknown 75 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 19 25%
Student > Master 7 9%
Student > Doctoral Student 5 7%
Student > Postgraduate 5 7%
Other 4 5%
Other 11 15%
Unknown 24 32%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 25 33%
Nursing and Health Professions 9 12%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 4 5%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2 3%
Computer Science 2 3%
Other 7 9%
Unknown 26 35%
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#68,984
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#16
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