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The effect of acupuncture on motor cortex excitability and plasticity.

Lo YL, Cui SL, Fook-Chong S

National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore General Hospital, Department of NeurologyOutram Road, Singapore 169608, Singapore. gnrlyl@sgh.com.sg

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.

Published 20 June 2005 in Neurosci Lett, 384(1): 145-9.
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