Acupuncture Treatment Decreased Temporal Variability of Dynamic Functional Connectivity in Chronic Tinnitus
Wei Y, Zhang W, Li Y, Liu X, Zha B, Hu S, Wang Y, Wang X, Yu X, Yang J and Qiu B · Frontiers in Neuroscience · 2022 January 28
DOI 10.3389/fnins.2021.737993
Objective
This study based on resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) investigates abnormal dynamic functional connectivity (DFC) in chronic tinnitus patients and the neural activity change evoked by acupuncture treatment for tinnitus.
Conclusions
As an alternative therapy method, acupuncture might improve tinnitus by decreasing the time variability of dynamic functional connectivity (DFC) in chronic tinnitus patients.
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