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RETRACTED: New findings of the correlation between acupoints and corresponding brain cortices using functional MRI

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Cho, Z. H., Chung, S. C., Jones, J. P., Park, J. B., Park, H. J., Lee, H. J., Wong, E. K., Min, B. I.·1998·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
DOI 10.1073/pnas.95.5.2670PMC PMC19456
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Abstract

A preliminary study of the correlation between acupuncture points (acupoints) for the treatment of eye disorders suggested by ancient Oriental literature and the corresponding brain localization for vision described by Western medicine was performed by using functional MRI (fMRI). The vision-related acupoint (VA1) is located in the lateral aspect of the foot, and when acupuncture stimulation is performed there, activation of occipital lobes is seen by fMRI. Stimulation of the eye by directly using light results in similar activation in the occipital lobes by fMRI. The experiment was conducted by using conventional checkerboard 8-Hz light-flash stimulation of the eye and observation of the time-course data. This was followed by stimulation of the VA1 by using the same time-course paradigm as visual light stimulation. Results obtained with 12 volunteers yielded very clean data and very close correlations between visual and acupuncture stimulation. We have also stimulated nonacupoints 2 to 5 cm away from the vision-related acupoints on the foot as a control, and activation in the occipital lobes was not observed. The results obtained demonstrate the correlation between activation of specific areas of brain cortices and corresponding acupoint stimulation predicted by ancient acupuncture literature.

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Authors
Cho, Z. H., Chung, S. C., Jones, J. P., Park, J. B., Park, H. J., Lee, H. J., Wong, E. K., & Min, B. I.
Affiliations
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KR)
ORCID
Venue
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Publisher
National Academy of Sciences
Published
1998-03-03
Volume
95
Issue
5
Pages
2670-2673
ISSN
  • 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
  • 1091-6490
DOI
10.1073/pnas.95.5.2670
PMC
PMC19456
OpenAlex
W2082543601
Cited by
425
References
15
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FWCI
25.21
Type
journal article
Language
en
Status
Retracted
Update notices
retraction (2006-07-05)
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Locations
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Complementary and alternative medicine › Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Complementary and alternative medicine › Traditional Chinese Medicine Studies
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Complementary and alternative medicine › Biofield Effects and Biophysics
Keywords
acupuncture points, visual stimulation, light flash stimulation, eye diseases, retracted study
MeSH terms
Adult, Brain Mapping, Cerebral Cortex, Female, Foot, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Models, Neurological, Occipital Lobe, Reproducibility of Results, Acupuncture Points, Acupuncture Therapy

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