Evidence from brain imaging with fMRI supporting functional specificity of acupoints in humans
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Acknowledgements
This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant number 30170307), the National Basic Research Program of China (G1999054000), the 211 Neuroscience Project from the Ministry of Education of China, and a startup grant for young scientists from the 985 project of Peking University.
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