title: Electroencephalogram activity induced by magnetic stimulation on heart meridian.
abstract: Many studies on the effects of acupuncture on brain activity have been concerned with the stimulation of specific acu-points. However, research on brain activity with the stimulation of the body-meridian line is still quite novel. The hypothesis of the present study is that heart meridian stimulations with different directions of line-magnet poles would elicit different effects on EEG activity. Twenty-three healthy young adults between the age of 19 and 22 years old participated in the experiment. Two tiny NEO line-magnets were applied to stimulate the heart meridian. EEG activities were changed significantly between different treatments on the heart meridian using line-magnet with different directions of magnetic poles (p<0.05). The present study shows that the stimulation of the heart meridian with the line-magnets has an effect on brain activity associated with the direction of the line-magnet pole.
authors: Institute of Health and Environment, Kongju National University, SinKwan-dong 182, Kongju 314-701, Republic of Korea.
authors: Han-Gue
authors: HG
authors: Jo
authors: Gi-Ho
authors: GH
authors: Jo
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005260:Female; D006321:Heart / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008280:Magnetics; D008297:Male; D016740:Meridians; D010812:Physical Stimulation; D055815:Young Adult