Functional MRI results related with acupuncture

4^th Global Acupuncture & Therapists Annual Meeting and International Conference on Holistic Medicine & Holistic Nursing

July 14-16, 2016 Philadelphia, USA

Saliha Karatay

Gazi University, Turkey

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: Altern Integr Med

Abstract :

Although acupuncture therapy has been used in the world for thousands of years, it�s neural mechanisms have not been adequately understood. Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) encourages for learning to mechanicsms underlying acupuncture therapy. fMRI depends on measurement of blood-oxygen-level in the brain tissue. It presents information about brain responses, such as activation and deactivation, to acupuncture stimulations in various regions. Studies of fMRI in acupuncture began at 1990s. Early studies were conducted to investigate whether specific acupoints can produce a distinct response in specific brain regions of healthy subjects. Recently, fMRI is used for observing effects of different acupuncture styles, therapy durations, deQi sensation, patient�s expectation, sham acupuncture, placebo acupuncture and acupuncture in several diseases. This technology is ready to offer unique opportunities to show mystery of acupuncture based on evidence-based-medicine in the scientific world. Are we ready?

Biography :

Email: skaratay73@hotmail.com