Effect of Magnetic Stimulation at SHENMEN Point on the Electroencephalogram

Author

Yang, Shuo ; Xu, Guizhi ; Wang, Lei ; Geng, Yaohua ; Zhang, Xiu ; Yang, Qingxin ; Yan, Weili

Author_Institution

Hebei Univ. of Technol., Tianjin

fYear

2007

fDate

12-14 Oct. 2007

Firstpage

283

Lastpage

286

Abstract

To investigate the relationship of electroencephalographic activities and transcutaneous magnetic stimulation at acupoints. Three healthy male volunteers participated in this study. 64-channel electroencephalogram was recorded and its power spectrum was analyzed during sham magnetic stimulation and during real magnetic stimulation. Slow-wave components increase and fast-wave components decrease during magnetic stimulation at SHENMEN point. This result is consistent with the effect of acupuncture at SHENMEN point. The spectrum of EEG suggests magnetic stimulation at acupoint has some effect on brain activities. For the magnetic stimulation and acupuncture have the same effect on brain activities, the action mechanism of magnetic stimulation at acupoints might be similar to that of acupuncture.

Keywords

biomagnetism; electroencephalography; neurophysiology; SHENMEN point; acupoints; acupuncture; brain activities; electroencephalogram; power spectra; traditional Chinese medicine; transcutaneous magnetic stimulation; Animals; Brain; Central nervous system; Electroencephalography; Electromagnetic fields; Humans; Magnetic analysis; Magnetic fields; Magnetic stimulation; Reflection;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Noninvasive Functional Source Imaging of the Brain and Heart and the International Conference on Functional Biomedical Imaging, 2007. NFSI-ICFBI 2007. Joint Meeting of the 6th International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Hangzhou

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0949-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-0949-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NFSI-ICFBI.2007.4387753

Filename

4387753