Acupuncture Modulates Disrupted Whole-Brain Network after Ischemic Stroke: Evidence Based on Graph Theory Analysis.
Xiao HanHe JinKuangshi LiYanzhe NingLan JiangPei ChenHongwei LiuYong ZhangHua ZhangZhongjian TanFangyuan CuiYi RenLijun BaiYihuai ZouPublished in: Neural plasticity (2020)
The poststroke whole-brain network tended to a random network with reduced network efficiency. Acupuncture was able to modulate the disrupted patterns of the whole-brain network following the subcortical ischemic stroke. Our findings shed light on the potential mechanisms of the functional reorganization on poststroke brain networks involving acupuncture intervention from a large-scale perspective.