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The effect of acupuncture on motor cortex excitability and plasticity
Yew Long Lo1, S L Cui, S Fook-Chong
1National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore General Hospital, Department of NeurologyOutram Road, Singapore 169608, Singapore. gnrlyl@sgh.com.sg
Neuroscience Letters
|May 26, 2005
Abstract:
Acupuncture has been used extensively in facilitating motor recovery after stroke. Its mechanism of action remains uncertain. In this sham-controlled study, we demonstrate for the first time that acupuncture has a real and enduring effect on motor cortex functional changes, in terms of cortical excitability and output mapping using transcranial magnetic stimulation.