OBJECTIVE To use functional MRI to assess the effect of acupuncture on brain resting-state functional connectivity in breast cancer patients with hot flashes. METHODS A total of 24 breast cancer patients experiencing hot flashes (BC-HF) underwent 5 weeks of acupuncture treatment and follow-up at 4-6 months after therapy. The control groups included 35 patients with breast cancer without hot...
AbstractIn this letter we focus on the cognitive science of consciousness. The general message is that, while this interdisciplinary area has made much progress in recent years, there is a tendency of downplaying conceptual issues, and therefore underestimating the difficulties of various problems. We briefly focus on a few prominent examples only, due to the space limit, but the general...