Modulation of functional activity and connectivity by acupuncture in patients with Alzheimer disease as measured by resting-state fMRI

Weimin Zheng; Zhuangzhi Su; Xingyun Liu; Hao Zhang; Ying Han; Haiqing Song; Jie Lu; Kuncheng Li; Zhiqun Wang

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0196933

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Modulation of functional activity and connectivity by acupuncture in patients with Alzheimer disease as measured by resting-state fMRI

Weimin Zheng ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Weimin Zheng, Zhuangzhi Su

Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Dongfang Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China
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Zhuangzhi Su ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Weimin Zheng, Zhuangzhi Su

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Xuanwu Hospital of Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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Xingyun Liu,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Dongfang Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China
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Hao Zhang,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Dongfang Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China
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Ying Han,

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Xuanwu Hospital of Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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Haiqing Song,

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Xuanwu Hospital of Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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Jie Lu ,

Roles Project administration, Validation

* E-mail: wangzhiqun@126.com (ZW); likuncheng@xwh.ccmu.edu.cn (KL); imaginglu@hotmail.com (JL)

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Xuanwu Hospital of Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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Kuncheng Li ,

Roles Project administration, Validation

* E-mail: wangzhiqun@126.com (ZW); likuncheng@xwh.ccmu.edu.cn (KL); imaginglu@hotmail.com (JL)

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Xuanwu Hospital of Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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Zhiqun Wang

Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Validation

* E-mail: wangzhiqun@126.com (ZW); likuncheng@xwh.ccmu.edu.cn (KL); imaginglu@hotmail.com (JL)

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Dongfang Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9608-0962

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Modulation of functional activity and connectivity by acupuncture in patients with Alzheimer disease as measured by resting-state fMRI

Weimin Zheng,
Zhuangzhi Su,
Xingyun Liu,
Hao Zhang,
Ying Han,
Haiqing Song,
Jie Lu,
Kuncheng Li,
Zhiqun Wang

Published: May 15, 2018
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0196933

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