Prolonged Repeated Acupuncture Stimulation Induces Habituation Effects in Pain-Related Brain Areas: An fMRI Study

• Chuanfu Li,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Digital Medical Imaging, Medical Imaging Center, First Affiliated Hospital, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, Anhui, China

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• Jun Yang ,

  * E-mail: yangzyun@aliyun.com (JY); zxcustc@ustc.edu.cn (XZ)

  Affiliation Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, Anhui, China

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• Kyungmo Park,

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Kyung Hee University, Yongin, Republic of Korea

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• Hongli Wu,

  Affiliation College of Medical Information engineering, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, Anhui, China

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• Sheng Hu,

  Affiliation School of Information Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China

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• Wei Zhang,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Digital Medical Imaging, Medical Imaging Center, First Affiliated Hospital, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, Anhui, China

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• Junjie Bu,

  Affiliation CAS Key Laboratory of Brain Function & Disease and School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China

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• Chunsheng Xu,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Digital Medical Imaging, Medical Imaging Center, First Affiliated Hospital, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, Anhui, China

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• Bensheng Qiu,

  Affiliation School of Information Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China

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• Xiaochu Zhang

  * E-mail: yangzyun@aliyun.com (JY); zxcustc@ustc.edu.cn (XZ)

  Affiliation CAS Key Laboratory of Brain Function & Disease and School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China

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