Background Depression is recognised as a major public health problem that has a
substantial impact on individuals and on society. People with depression may consider …

Background The mechanisms of action underlying acupuncture, including acupuncture point
specificity, are not well understood. In the previous decade, an increasing number of studies …

Background Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is a novel method for studying
the changes of brain networks due to acupuncture treatment. In recent years, more and more …

Background Depression and anxiety are common during the antenatal and postnatal period,
and are known to have a significant impact on the woman and her unborn infant. Pregnant …

Background Functional dyspepsia (FD) is a common disease without an established optimal
treatment. Aim To determine (i) the effect of acupuncture in relieving FD symptoms and …

Aims This study aims to investigate the resting-state functional connectivity (rs-fc) of the right
frontoparietal network (rFPN) between migraineurs and healthy controls (HCs) in order to …

Background As a non-pharmacological therapy, acupuncture has significant efficacy in
treating Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) compared to pharmacological therapies. In recent …

Background: Migraine is a chronic neurological disorder characterized by attacks of
moderate or severe headache and various neurological symptoms. Migraine is typically …

In this study, we investigated cortical thickness and functional connectivity across
longitudinal acupuncture treatments in patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA). Over a period …

Amygdala is an important locus of dysfunction implicated in major depressive disorder
(MDD). Aberrant amygdala networks (AN) had been reported in resting-state functional …