@article{QIMS26723,
author = {Ying-Ying Wang and Zhao Liu and Feng Chen and Li Sun and Yuan Wu and Jin-Sheng Yang and Ji-Liang Fang},
title = {Effects of acupuncture on craving after tobacco cessation: a resting-state fMRI study based on the fractional amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation},
journal = {Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery},
volume = {9},
number = {6},
year = {2019},
keywords = {},
abstract = {Background: To explore the immediate effects and mechanism of acupuncture on craving after tobacco cessation based on the fractional amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation (fALFF).
Methods: This was a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study. Forty participants were recruited and divided into a smoking group and a non-smoking group, 20 cases in each one. The smoking participants were requested to quit smoking 24 hours before the fMRI scan. The scan process was scan – acupuncture – scan. Between the two scans, acupuncture was applied at Lieque (LU 7), Hegu (LI 4), Baihui (GV 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6) and Taichong (LR 3) in two groups.
Results: After acupuncture, self-made craving for smoking, Minnesota Nicotine Withdrawal Scale (MNWS) and Questionnaire of Smoking Urges (QSU) were all reduced (P},
issn = {2223-4306}, url = {https://qims.amegroups.org/article/view/26723}
}