TY - Jour A2 - De Feo，Vincenzo Au - Bian，Yunpeng Au - 他，xiaoxuan Au - Hu，盛自李，川福，川福·徐，春盛奥 - 侃，洪兴·奥 - 薛，邱州互惠，邱a- Qiu, Bensheng PY - 2016 DA - 2016/05/12 TI - Functional Connectivity Modulation by Acupuncture in Patients with Bell’s Palsy SP - 5928758 VL - 2016 AB - Bell’s palsy (BP), an acute unilateral facial paralysis, is frequently treated with acupuncture in many countries. However, the mechanism of treatment is not clear so far. In order to explore the potential mechanism, 22 healthy volunteers and 17 BP patients with different clinical duration were recruited. The resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging scans were conducted before and after acupuncture at LI4 (Hegu), respectively. By comparing BP-induced functional connectivity (FC) changes with acupuncture-induced FC changes in the patients, the abnormal increased FC that could be reduced by acupuncture was selected. The FC strength of the selected FC at various stages was analyzed subsequently. Our results show that FC modulation of acupuncture is specific and consistent with the tendency of recovery. Therefore, we propose that FC modulation by acupuncture may be beneficial to recovery from the disease. SN - 1741-427X UR - https://doi.org/10.1155/2016/5928758 DO - 10.1155/2016/5928758 JF - Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine PB - Hindawi Publishing Corporation KW - ER -