Acupuncture for the relief of chronic pain: Regulating negative emotions and reward/motivation circuits based on the theory of “spirit-regulation with acupuncture”☆ …

X WEI, T Jun, S JIA, SHU Qing - World Journal of Acupuncture-Moxibustion, 2023 - Elsevier
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