Editorial: Neural Substrates of Acupuncture: From Peripheral to Central Nervous System Mechanisms

Affiliations

¹ Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.
² Somatosensory and Autonomic Therapy Research, Hannover Medical School, Hanover, Germany.
³ Graduate Institute of Acupuncture Science, College of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.
⁴ Acupuncture and Meridian Science Research Center, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea.
⁵ Department of Anesthesiology, Chronic Pain and Fatigue Research Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States.

Editorial

Vitaly Napadow et al. Front Neurosci. 2020.

. 2020 Jan 17:13:1419.

doi: 10.3389/fnins.2019.01419. eCollection 2019.

¹ Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.
² Somatosensory and Autonomic Therapy Research, Hannover Medical School, Hanover, Germany.
³ Graduate Institute of Acupuncture Science, College of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.
⁴ Acupuncture and Meridian Science Research Center, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea.
⁵ Department of Anesthesiology, Chronic Pain and Fatigue Research Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States.

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Keywords: acupuncture; autonomic nervous system; endorphin; neuroscience; somatosensation.

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Editorial on the Research Topic Neural Substrates of Acupuncture: From Peripheral to Central Nervous System Mechanisms

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