Review Article

Revealing the Neuroimaging Mechanism of Acupuncture for Poststroke Aphasia: A Systematic Review

Table 1

Searching strategy and searching terms.

1Aphasia
2Acupuncture
3Electroacupuncture
4Needle
5Stroke
6Apoplexy
7Cerebral vascular accident
8Cerebral infarction
9Magnetic resonance imaging
10fMRI
11Diffusion tensor imaging
12DTI
13Blood oxygen level dependent
14BOLD
15Amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation
16ALFF
17Region of interest
18ROI
19Regional homogeneity
20ReHo
21Independent component analysis
22ICA
23Functional connectivity
24FC
25Neuroimaging
26Arterial spin labeling
27ASL
28Acupuncture-related terms: 2 OR 3 OR 4
29Stroke-related terms: 5 OR 6 OR 7 OR 8
30Neuroimaging-related terms: 9 OR 10 OR 11 OR 12 OR 13 OR 14 OR 15 OR 16 OR 17 OR 18 OR 19 OR 20 OR 21 OR 22 OR 23 OR 24 OR 25 OR 26 OR 27
31Final searching terms: 1 AND 28 AND 29 AND 30