Journal of Acupuncture Research

Korean Acupuncture & Moxibustion Medicine Society (대한침구의학회)
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The Effect of Electroacupuncture at the PC6 (Naegwan) on the EEG

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  • Lee, Tae-Young (Department of Meridianology, College of Oriental Medicine, Woo-Suk University) ;
  • Kim, Young-An (Department of Meridianology, College of Oriental Medicine, Woo-Suk University) ;
  • Lee, Kwang-Gyu (Department of Oriental Pathology, College of Oriental Medicine, Woo-Suk University) ;
  • Yuk, Sang-Won (Department of Classics, College of Oriental Medicine, Woo-Suk University) ;
  • Lee, Chang-Hyun (Department of Anatomy, College of Oriental Medicine, Woo-Suk University) ;
  • Lee, Sang-Ryong (Department of Meridianology, College of Oriental Medicine, Woo-Suk University)
  • 이태영 (우석대학교 한의과대학 경혈학교실) ;
  • 김영안 (우석대학교 한의과대학 경혈학교실) ;
  • 이광규 (우석대학교 한의과대학 병리학교실) ;
  • 육상원 (우석대학교 한의과대학 원전의사학교실) ;
  • 이창현 (우석대학교 한의과대학 해부학교실) ;
  • 이상룡 (우석대학교 한의과대학 경혈학교실)
  • Received : 2002.05.02
  • Accepted : 2002.05.18
  • Published : 2002.06.20
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Abstract

Objective : The aim of this study was to examine the effects of electroacupuncture(EA) at the PC6 (Naegwan) on nomal humans using power spectrum analysis. Methods : Electroencephalogram(EEG) is a multi-scaled signal consisting of several components of time series with different dominant frequency ranges and different origins. EEG power spectrum exibit site-specific and state-related differences in specific frequency bands. In this study, power spectrum was used as a measure of complexity. 30 channel EEG study was carried out in 8 subjects (8 males; age=$21.4{\pm}0.5$ years). Results : We found that the power values of the alpha wave at F7 channel (P<0.05) were highered than during the acupuncture treatment, and the power values of the delta wave at TCP1, CP1, TCP2, T5 channels(P<0.05) were lowered than during the acupuncture treatment. However, the comparison with that before and after the treatment shows no significant differences in all channels.

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