Acupuncture has been a major therapeutic method in Chinese medicine for treating Alzheimer’s disease (AD) with validation and safety. In this study, we use functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to investigate the acupoint-specific effect of acupuncture in treating for AD. We found acupuncture at real acupoints activated brain areas primarily in the left uvula, right superior temporal gyrus and right uncus, while acupuncture at sham acupoints only activated areas in the left insula. These results showed that acupoint-specific effect of acupuncture presented by fMRI may help to facilitate its clinical use in AD treatment.
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