Browsing by Author "Audette, Joseph"

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    • Acupuncture-Evoked Response in Somatosensory and Prefrontal Cortices Predicts Immediate Pain Reduction in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome 

      Maeda, Yumi; Kettner, Norman; Lee, Jeungchan; Kim, Jieun; Cina, Stephen; Malatesta, Cristina; Gerber, Jessica; McManus, Claire; Im, Jaehyun; Libby, Alexandra; Mezzacappa, Pia; Morse, Leslie R.; Park, Kyungmo; Audette, Joseph; Napadow, Vitaly (Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2013)
      The linkage between brain response to acupuncture and subsequent analgesia remains poorly understood. Our aim was to evaluate this linkage in chronic pain patients with carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). Brain response to ...

    • Altered brain morphometry in carpal tunnel syndrome is associated with median nerve pathology☆☆☆ 

      Maeda, Yumi; Kettner, Norman; Sheehan, James; Kim, Jieun; Cina, Stephen; Malatesta, Cristina; Gerber, Jessica; McManus, Claire; Mezzacappa, Pia; Morse, Leslie R.; Audette, Joseph; Napadow, Vitaly (Elsevier, 2013)
      Objective: Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is a common median nerve entrapment neuropathy characterized by pain, paresthesias, diminished peripheral nerve conduction velocity (NCV) and maladaptive functional brain neuroplasticity. ...

    • Hypothalamus and amygdala response to acupuncture stimuli in carpal tunnel syndrome 

      Napadow, Vitaly J.; Kettner, N.; Liu, J.; Li, M.; Kwong, Kenneth Kin Man; Vangel, Mark G.; Makris, Nikolaos; Audette, Joseph F.; Hui, K. K.S. (Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2007)
      Brain processing of acupuncture stimuli in chronic neuropathic pain patients may underlie its beneficial effects. We used fMRI to evaluate verum and sham acupuncture stimulation at acupoint LI-4 in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome ...