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BOLD Responses to Acupuncture on Each Side of ST36

족삼리 좌우측 자침에 대한 BOLD 반응

  • Yeo, Sujung (Research Group of Pain and Neuroscience, WHO Collaborating Centre, East-West Medical Research Institute, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Bae, Seong-In (College of Oriental Medicine, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Choe, Ilwhan (College of Oriental Medicine, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Jahng, Geon-Ho (College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Lim, Sabina (Research Group of Pain and Neuroscience, WHO Collaborating Centre, East-West Medical Research Institute, Kyung Hee University)
  • 여수정 (경희대학교 동서의학연구소) ;
  • 배성인 (경희대학교 한의과대학 경혈학교실) ;
  • 최일환 (경희대학교 한의과대학 경혈학교실) ;
  • 장건호 (경희대학교 의과대학) ;
  • 임사비나 (경희대학교 동서의학연구소)
  • Received : 2014.03.05
  • Accepted : 2014.03.14
  • Published : 2014.03.27
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Abstract

Objectives : There has been some controversy about the modulatory effects on brain function during acupuncture on each side of the same acupoint. This study was designed to investigate and compare the blood oxygen level-dependent(BOLD) responses of acupuncture on each side of ST36. Methods : Fourteen healthy subjects were recruited for imaging and received acupuncture or placebo stimulations either on the left or on the right acupoint of ST36 in each scan. For the voxel-wise statistical analysis, one sample T-test and the within-subject analysis of variance(ANOVA) test were performed using SPM8 software. Results : This study showed that acupuncture on each side of ST36 showed different BOLD signal patterns. Higher BOLD responses after acupuncture stimulations at the left ST36 compared to the right were observed mainly in the parahippocampal gyrus(BA 28), dorsolateral prefrontal cortex(DLPFC, BA 44), thalamus, culmen and claustrum. We investigated the different neural responses between rest and activation periods of placebo and acupuncture stimulations on each side of ST36. Acupuncture at the right ST36 elicited activation mainly in the insula, supplementary motor area(SMA) and anterior cingulate cortex(ACC), while acupuncture at the left ST36 elicited activation mainly in the insula, primary somatosensory cortex(SI, BA 2) and DLPFC(BA 44). Conclusions : To our knowledge, this is the first reported functional MRI study directly comparing when needling at the right and at the left side of ST36. This study's preliminary results proved to be evidence of acupuncture's different effects when performed on opposite sides of an acupoint.

연구배경 : 침의 효과와 신경생리학적 기전에 관한 연구가 기능자기공명을 이용하여 활발히 이루어지고 있다. 좌우측 동일한 혈위에 대한 자침이 뇌 기능에 미치는 효과에 대하여 논란이 되고 있다. 그러나 동일한 혈위에 대한 좌측 또는 우측 자침이 뇌기능에 미치는 영향에 대한 연구는 부족한 점이 있다. 목적 : 본 연구의 목적은 좌우측 족삼리 자침에 의한 BOLD (blood oxygen level-dependent) 반응을 살펴보고 비교하는 것이다. 방법 : 14명의 건강한 남자를 대상으로 좌우측 족삼리에 가짜 침과 진짜 침 자극을 하였다. 좌우측 족삼리 자침이 뇌 기능에 미치는 영향을 알아보고 비교하기 위해 4가지 실험 디자인을 선택하였다. 첫째와 셋째 스캔은 우측 족삼리에, 둘째와 넷째 스캔은 좌측 족삼리에 가짜침과 진짜침 자극을 주었다. 또한, 자침은 자극기에 자침 및 자극을 주었으며, 자극기가 끝남과 동시에 발침하기를 반복하였다. 통계분석을 위해 SPM8을 이용하여 one sample T-test와 within-subject the analysis of variance (ANOVA) test 를 실시하였다. 통계 결과 좌측과 우측 족삼리 자침에 의해 BOLD 반응의 차이를 보이는 9개 영역의 ROI (regions of interest)에서 BOLD 신호를 추출하였다. 결과 : 좌측과 우측 족삼리의 자침에 의한 BOLD반응은 서로 다른 방식으로 나타났다. 좌우측 족삼리 자침에 의한 BOLD반응을 비교한 결과, 좌측 족삼리 자침은 우측 족삼리 자침에 비해 주로 해마옆 이랑 (브로드만 영역 28), 배외측 전전두 피질 (브로드만 영역 44), 시상, 소뇌정상과 기저핵의 전장에서 더 높은 활성반응이 나타났다. 좌우측 족삼리 자침에 의한 BOLD반응을 각각 조사한 결과, 우측 족삼리 자침은 주로 대뇌섬과 보조운동영역 그리고 전대상이랑 (브로드만 영역 24)에서 활성화가 나타났으며, 좌측 족삼리 자침은 주로 대뇌섬과 일차 체감각 피질 (브로드만 영역 2) 그리고 배외측 전전두 피질 (브로드만 영역 44)에서 활성화가 나타났다. 결론 : 본 연구는 기능적 자기공명영상을 이용하여 좌측과 우측의 족삼리 자침이 인간의 뇌에 미치는 영향을 알아보고 비교한 최초의 연구이다. 본 연구 결과는 좌측과 우측 족삼리 자침은 통증조절효과에 서로 다른 방식으로 영향을 미칠 수 있다는 것을 의미한다. 또한, 본 연구 결과는 좌측과 우측 자침이 뇌 신경에 미치는 영향의 차이에 대한 증거가 된다.

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