Revealing the Central Mechanism of Acupuncture for Primary Dysmenorrhea Based on Neuroimaging: A Narrative Review

<div>Main reported brain areas in patients with acupuncture-induced PD. The size of the nodes indicates the frequency of the brain areas. Each color dashed lines indicate the different modulation pathways of acupuncture. ACG: anterior cingulate gyrus; HIP: hippocampus; THA: thalamus; PCun: precuneus; INS: insula; PreCG: precentral gyrus; MFG: middle frontal gyrus; POCG: postcentral gyrus; MidTG: middle temporal gyrus; PUT: putamen.</div>

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Figure 2: Revealing the Central Mechanism of Acupuncture for Primary Dysmenorrhea Based on Neuroimaging: A Narrative Review 