Auricular electro-acupuncture for smoking cravings in young smokers with nicotine dependence: A pilot fMRI study
The results of this pilot study indicate that AEA may be effective in suppressing smoking cravings and alleviating nicotine dependence. ACC, cerebellum, CTA, and insula may be involved in modulating smoking cravings. AEA may inhibit cravings through regulating the functional activity of ACC and cerebellum.
Authors
- Nicola Robinson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5256-4527)
- Haifa Qiao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6456-7426)
- Yi-Jie Liu
- Jianping Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7336-3895)
- Shi-Bing Liang
- Yuan Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-7825)
- Tao Yin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2362-8151)
- Ying-Ying Zhang
- Y Zheng
Institutions
- Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (CN)
- Beijing University of Chinese Medicine (CN)
- Affiliated Hospital of Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine (CN)
- Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (CN)
- Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Complementary Therapies in Medicine
- Published
- 2025-10-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ctim.2025.103264
- Primary Topic
- Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00