Bixiang Zha, Yating Zhang, Feifei Shi, Ling Cheng, Zhihao Rong, Leiyu Yu, Wanting Liu, Qiuju Xue, Min Ye, Jinying Yang, Bensheng Qiu, Jun Yang
OBJECTIVE: To explore the modulations of electroacupuncture in subjective tinnitus (ST) by comparing the difference of functional connectivity (FC) in ST patients and healthy volunteers between the insular (INS) and the whole brain region. METHODS: A total of 34 ST patients were selected into electroacupuncture group (EG) and 34 age- and sex-matched normal subjects were recruited into control group (CG). The EG received acupuncture at SI19 ( Tinggong ), GB11 ( Touqiaoyin ), TE17 ( Yifeng ), GV20 ( Baihui ), GV15 ( Yamen ), GV14 ( Dazhui ), SJ13 ( Zhongzhu ), among which the points of SI19 and GB11 were connected to the electroacupuncture instrument with the density wave of 2/50 Hz, and 3 treatments per week for 10 sessions in total...
2024: Frontiers in Neurology