Greater Somatosensory Afference With Acupuncture Increases Primary Somatosensory Connectivity and Alleviates Fibromyalgia Pain via Insular γ-Aminobutyric Acid: A Randomized Neuroimaging Trial.
Ishtiaq MawlaEric IchescoHelge J ZöllnerRichard A E EddenThomas ChenevertHenry BuchtelMeagan D BretzHeather SloanChelsea M KaplanSteven E HarteGeorge A MashourDaniel J ClauwVitaly NapadowRichard E HarrisPublished in: Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.) (2021)
The somatosensory component of acupuncture modulates primary somatosensory functional connectivity associated with insular neurochemistry to reduce pain severity in FM.