I like this study because it’s very precise. It also uses strictly deqi as a stimulation technique. This is part of a larger study I’m doing to come up with new models for acupuncture treatment Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative
Still more background on Pain and the Brain Clin J Pain. 2013 Oct 16. Phenotype Matters: The Absence of a Positive Association between Cortical Thinning and Chronic Low Back Pain when Controlling for Salient Clinical Variables. Dolman AJ, Loggia ML,
This post is for background purposes. There has been interesting work done in the Acupuncture Research community looking at which regions of the brain light up during acupuncture. I don’t claim to be an expert in any way on this
