Publications

Publications

Research publications

  1. Tu YH, J. Cao, S. Guler, T. Zhang, C. Camprodon, M. Vangel, R. Gollub, D. Dougherty, and Kong J, Perturbing fMRI brain dynamics using transcranial direct current stimulation. Neuroimage, 2021: in press.
  2. Huang YT, S.Y. Yu, G. Wilson, M. Cheng, X.J. Kong, T. Lu, and Kong J Altered Extended Locus Coeruleus and Ventral Tegmental Area Networks in Boys with Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Resting-State Functional Connectivity Study. Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, 2021, 17:1207-1216.
  3. Tu YH, D. Pantazis, G. Wilson, S. Khan, S. Ahlfors, and Kong J How expectations of pain elicited by consciously and unconsciously perceived cues unfold over time. Neuroimage, 2021. 235: p. 117985.
  4. Tu YH, G. Wilson, C. Camprodon, D. Dougherty, M. Vangel, F. Benedetti, T. Kaptchuk, R. Gollub, and Kong J Manipulating placebo analgesia and nocebo hyperalgesia by changing brain excitability. PNAS, 2021. 118(19):e2101273118.
  5. Zhang Y, Y. Huang, H. Li, Z. Yan, Y. Zhang, X. Liu, X. Hou, W. Chen, Y. Tu, S. Hodges, H. Chen, B. Liu, and Kong J Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) for migraine: an fMRI study. Reg Anesth Pain Med, 2021. 46(2): p. 145-150.
  6. Kong J, Y. Huang, J. Liu, S. Yu, C. Ming, H. Chen, G. Wilson, W.F. Harvey, W. Li, and C. Wang, Altered functional connectivity between hypothalamus and limbic system in fibromyalgia. Mol Brain, 2021. 14(1): p. 17.
  7. Cao J., Huang Y, Meshberg N, Hodges SA, Kong J Neuroimaging-Based Scalp Acupuncture Locations for Dementia. J Clin Med. Aug 1 2020;9(8). 2477
  8. Cao J, Y Tu, G. Wilson, S.P. Orr, and Kong J Characterizing the analgesic effects of real and imagined acupuncture using functional and structure MRI. Neuroimage, 2020. 221: p. 117-176.
  9. Tu Y.H., Z. Fu, C.P. Mao, M. Falahpour, R.L. Gollub, J. Park, G.J. Wilson, V. Napadow, J. Gerber, S.T. Chan, R.R. Edwards, T.J. Kaptchuk, T. Liu, V. Calhoun, B. Rosen, and Kong J Distinct thalamocortical network dynamics underlying are associated with the pathophysiology and clinical pain intensity of chronic low back pain. Nat Commun 11, 3948 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17788-z
  10. Li S. S, S Khan, Q.Tian, J. Joutsa, O. Ming, Q. Wang, Kong J, B. Rosen, J. Ahveninen, , A. Nummenmaa, Localizing central swallowing functions by combining non-invasive brain stimulation with neuroimaging, Brain Stimulation, 2020, 13(5):1207-1210.
  11. Kong X., J. Liu, K. Liu, M. Koh, R. Tian, C. Hobbie, M. Fong, Q. Chen, M. Zhao, C. Budjan and Kong J Altered Autonomic Functions and Gut Microbiome in Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD): Implications for Assisting ASD Screening and Diagnosis. J Autism Dev Disord, 2020 doi: 10.1007/s10803-020-04524-1
  12. Cao J., S.P. Orr, G. Wilson, Kong J Imagined and Actual Acupuncture Effects on Chronic Low Back Pain: A Preliminary Study, Neural Plasticity, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/8579743
  13. Yu S., A. Ortiz, R.L. Gollub, G. Wilson, J. Gerber, J. Park, Y.T. Huang, W. Shen, S.T. Chan, R.R. A.D. Wasan, Edwards, V. Napadow, T.J. Kaptchuk, B. Rosen, and Kong J Acupuncture Treatment Modulates the Connectivity of Key Regions of the Descending Pain Modulation and Reward Systems in Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain. J. Clin. Med. 2020, 9, 1719; doi:10.3390/jcm9061719
  14. Yu S., W. Li, W. Shen, R.R. Edwards, R.L. Gollub, G. Wilson, J. Park, A. Ortiz, J. Cao, J. Gerber, I. Mawla, S.T. Chan, J. Lee, A.D. Wasan, V. Napadow, T.J. Kaptchuk, B. Rosen, and Kong J Impaired mesocorticolimbic connectivity underlies increased pain sensitivity in chronic low back pain. Neuroimage, 2020. 218: p. 116969.
  15. Huang YT, Zhang BL, Liu J, Bao T, Wilson G, Park J, Zhao B.C., Kong J Potential locations for noninvasive brain stimulation in treating autism spectrum disorders – a functional connectivity study, Front. Psychiatry, 2020, 11:388, doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00388
  16. Kim, H., I. Mawla, J. Lee, J. Gerber, K. Walker, J. Kim, A. Ortiz, S.T. Chan, M.L. Loggia, A.D. Wasan, R.R. Edwards, Kong J, T.J. Kaptchuk, R.L. Gollub, B.R. Rosen, and V. Napadow, Reduced tactile acuity in chronic low back pain is linked with structural neuroplasticity in primary somatosensory cortex and is modulated by acupuncture therapy. Neuroimage, 2020. 217: p. 116899.
  17. Zhang BL, Liu J, Bao T, Wilson G, Park J, Zhao B.C., Kong J Locations for noninvasive brain stimulation in treating depressive disorders – a combination of meta-analysis and resting state functional connectivity analysis, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 2020, in press
  18. Liang L, Zhao L, Wei Y, Mai W, Duan G, Su J, Nong X, Yu B, Li C, Mo X, Wilson G, Deng D and Kong J Structural and Functional Hippocampal Changes in Subjective Cognitive Decline From the Community. Front. Aging Neurosci. 2020,12:64. doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2020.00064
  19. Egorova N, Benedetti F, Gollub R, Kong J Between placebo and nocebo: response to control treatment is mediated by amygdala activity and connectivity, European Journal of Pain, 2019, doi: 10.1002/ejp.1510
  20. Tu Y.H., F. Zeng, L. Lan, Z.J. Li, N. Maleki, B. Liu, J. Chen, C.C. Wang, J. Park, C. Lang, Y.J. Gao, M.L. Liu, Z.N. Fu, Z.G. Zhang, F.R. Liang, and Kong J An fMRI based Neural Marker for Migraine. Neurology, 2020, 94(7):e741-e751.
  21. Zhang Y., J. Liu, H. Li, Z. Yan, X. Liu, J. Cao, J. Park, G. Wilson, B. Liu, and Kong J Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation at 1Hz modulates locus coeruleus activity and resting state functional connectivity in patients with migraine: An fMRI study. Neuroimage Clin, 2019. 24: p. 101971.
  22. Liu J., B. Zhang, G. Wilson, Kong J New Perspective for Non-invasive Brain Stimulation Site Selection in Mild Cognitive Impairment: Based on Meta- and Functional Connectivity Analyses. Front Aging Neurosci, 2019. 11: p. 228.
  23. Liu, J., L. Chen, Y. Tu, X. Chen, K. Hu, Y. Tu, M. Lin, G. Xie, S. Chen, J. Huang, W. Liu, J. Wu, T. Xiao, G. Wilson, C. Lang, J. Park, J. Tao, and Kong J Different exercise modalities relieve pain syndrome in patients with knee osteoarthritis and modulate the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex: a multiple mode MRI study. Brain Behav Immun, 2019: p. pii: S0889-1591(19)30495-7. doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2019.08.193.
  24. Tu Y., B. Zhang, J. Cao, G. Wilson, Z. Zhang, and Kong J Identifying inter-individual differences in pain threshold using brain connectome: a test-retest reproducible study. Neuroimage, 2019. 202: p. 116049.
  25. Tu Y., A. Ortiz, R. Gollub, J. Cao, J. Gerber, C. Lang, J. Park, G. Wilson, W. Shen, S.T. Chan, A.D. Wasan, R.R. Edwards, V. Napadow, T.J. Kaptchuk, B. Rosen, and Kong J Multivariate resting-state functional connectivity predicts responses to real and sham acupuncture treatment in chronic low back pain. Neuroimage Clin, 2019. 23:101885: p. doi: 10.1016/j.nicl.2019.101885.
  26. Tao J., J. Liu, X. Chen, M. Li, M. Huang, S. Li, J. Park, G. Wilson, C. Lang, G. Xie, B. Zhang, G. Zheng, L. Chen, and Kong J Mind-body exercise improves cognitive function in patients with mild cognitive impairment and centrally modulates the hippocampus/ACC: A multi-modal MRI study. NeuroImage: Clinical, 2019. 23: p. 101834.
  27. Jensen K, Randy Gollub R, Kong J, Lamm C, Kaptchuk T, and Petrovic P, Reward and Empathy in the treating clinician: The neural correlates of successful doctor-patient interactions, Translational Psychiatry, 2020,10:17, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-020-0712-2
  28. Liu J, L. Chen, X. Chen, K. Hu, Y. Tu, M. Lin, J. Huang, W. Liu, J. Wu, Z. Qiu, J. Zhu, M. Li, J. Park, G. Wilson, C. Lang, G. Xie, J. Tao, and Kong J Modulatory effects of different exercise modalities on the functional connectivity of the periaqueductal grey and ventral tegmental area in patients with knee osteoarthritis: a randomised multimodal magnetic resonance imaging study. Br J Anaesth, 2019: p. pii: S0007-0912(19)30506-9. doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2019.06.017.
  29. Zeng F., R. Sun, Z. He, Y. Chen, D. Lei, T. Yin, X. Liu, Y. Yang, P. Ma, Y. Qu, D. Zhang, C. Lang, J. Park, J. Lu, L. Lan, Z. Li, Q. Gong, F. Liang, and Kong J Altered Functional Connectivity of the Amygdala and Sex Differences in Functional Dyspepsia. Clin Transl Gastroenterol. 2019, doi: 10.14309/ctg.0000000000000046
  30. Shen W, Tu YH, Gollub R, Ortiz A, Napadow V, Yu SY, Wilson G, Park J, Lang C, Jung MY, Gerber J, Mawla I, Chan ST, Wasan AJ, Edward R, Kaptchuk T, Li SS, Bruce R, Kong J Visual network alterations in brain functional connectivity in chronic low back pain: A resting state functional connectivity and machine learning study, NeuroImage: Clinical, 2019, https://doi.org/10.1016/
  31. Kim J, I. Mawla, Kong J, Lee JC, Gerber J, Ortiz A, R.L. Chan S.T., Loggia ML, A.D. Wasan, R.R. Edwards, Gollub R, Bruce R, Napadow V, Somatotopically-specific primary somatosensory connectivity to salience and default mode networks encodes clinical pain, Pain, 2019, doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001541
  32. Tu YH, Fu ZN, Zeng F, Maleki N, Lan L, Li ZJ, Park, J, Wilson J, Gao YJ, Liu ML, Calhoun V, Liang FR, Kong J Abnormal thalamo-cortical network dynamics in migraine, Neurology, 2019, 92(23):e2706-e2716.
  33. Feng F., S. Yu, Z. Wang, J. Wang, J. Park, G. Wilson, M. Deng, Y. Hu, B. Yan, and Kong J Non-pharmacological and pharmacological interventions relieve insomnia symptoms by modulating a shared network: A controlled longitudinal study. Neuroimage Clin, 2019. 22: p. 101745.
  34. Zhang B.L., M.Y. Jung, Y.H. Tu, R.L. Gollub, C.A. Lang, A. Ortiz, J. Park, G.J. Wilson, J. Gerber, I. Mawla, S.T. Chan, A.D. Wasan, R.R. Edwards, J. Lee, V. Napadow, T.J. Kaptchuk, B. Rosen, and Kong J Identifying brain regions associated with the neuropathology of chronic low back pain: a resting-state amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation study. Br. J. Anaesth., 2019: 123(2):e303-e311.
  35. Tu Y.H., M.Y. Jung, R.L. Gollub, V. Napadow, J. Gerber, A. Ortiz, C.A. Lang, I. Mawla, S. Wei, S.T. Chan, A.D. Wasan, R.R. Edwards, T.J. Kaptchuk, B. Rosen, and Kong J Abnormal medial prefrontal cortex functional connectivity and its association with clinical symptoms in chronic low back pain. Pain, 2019:160(6):1308-1318.
  36. Liu J., J. Tao, W. Liu, J. Huang, X. Xue, M. Li, M. Yang, J. Zhu, C. Lang, J. Park, Y. Tu, G. Wilson, L. Chen, and Kong J Different Modulation Effects of Tai Chi Chuan and Baduanjin on Resting State Functional Connectivity of the Default Mode Network in Older Adults. Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci, 2019.
  37. Lee, J., I. Mawla, J. Kim, M.L. Loggia, A. Ortiz, C. Jung, S.T. Chan, J. Gerber, V.J. Schmithorst, R.R. Edwards, A.D. Wasan, C. Berna, Kong J, T.J. Kaptchuk, R.L. Gollub, B.R. Rosen, and V. Napadow, Machine learning-based prediction of clinical pain using multimodal neuroimaging and autonomic metrics. Pain, 2019. 160(3): p. 550-560
  38. Meints S.M., I. Mawla, V. Napadow, Kong, J. Gerber, S.T. Chan, A.D. Wasan, T.J. Kaptchuk, C. McDonnell, J. Carriere, B. Rosen, R.L. Gollub, and R.R. Edwards, The relationship between catastrophizing and altered pain sensitivity in patients with chronic low-back pain. Pain, 2018
  39. Chen J, Wang Z, Tu Y, Liu X, Jorgenson K, Ye G, Lin C, Liu J, Park J, Lang C, Liu B and Kong J Regional Homogeneity and Multivariate Pattern Analysis of Cervical Spondylosis Neck Pain and the Modulation Effect of Treatment. Front. Neurosci, 2018, 12:900.doi: 10.3389/fnins.2018.00900
  40. Cao J, Tu YH, Lang C, Vangel M, Park J, Liu, J, Wilson G, Gollub R, Orr S, Kong J Daily caffeine consumption does not influence acupuncture analgesia in healthy individuals: a preliminary study, Anesthesia & Analgesia, 2018, doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000003989
  41. Jung MY, Tu YH, Park J, Jorgenson K, Lang C, Song WW, Kong J Surface-based shared and distinct resting functional connectivity between attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorder, British Journal of Psychiatry, 2018, doi:10.1192/bjp.2018.248
  42. Jung MY, Mizuno Y, Fujisawa TX, Takiguchi S, Kong J, Kosaka, H, Tomoda A, The effects of COMT polymorphism on cortical thickness and surface area abnormalities in children with ADHD, cerebral cortex, 2018, in press
  43. Tu, YH, Park, J, Ahlfors S, Khan S, Egorova N, Lang C, Cao J, Kong J A neural mechanism of direct and observational conditioning for placebo and nocebo responses, Neuroimage, 2018, 184:954-963
  44. Wan GB, Kong XJ, Sun BB, Yu SY, Tu YH, Park J, Lang C, Koh M, Wei Z, Feng Z, Lin Y, Kong J Applying eye tracking to identify autism spectrum disorder in children, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2018, doi: 10.1007/s10803-018-3690-y
  45. Cao J, Tu YH, Orr S, Lang C, Park J, Vangel M, Chen L, Gollub R, Kong J, Analgesic effects evoked by real and imagined acupuncture: a neuroimaging study, cerebral cortex, 2019, 29(8):3220-3231.
  46. Wang YM, Fang JL, Song P, Bao Y, Liu J, Lang C, Jorgenson K, Jung M, Shen D, Li S, Sun R, Ding X, Yang J, Meng X, Wang N, Yan Z, Yan Y, Kong Q, Dong Y, Cui F, Yu Y, Cui B, Kong J. The dysfunction of the cerebellum and its cerebellum-reward-Sensorimotor Loops in chronic spontaneous urticaria, Cerebellum, 2018, doi: 10.1007/s12311-018-0933-6
  47. Kong J, Wolcott E, Wang Z, Jorgenson K, Harvey WF, Tao J, Rones R, and Wang C, Altered resting state functional connectivity of the cognitive control network in fibromyalgia and the modulation effect of mind-body intervention. Brain Imaging Behav, 2018: p. doi: 10.1007/s11682-018-9875-3.
  48. Khan S, Hashmi JA, Mamashli F, Michmizos K, Kitzbichler MG, Bharadwaj H, Bekhti Y, Ganesan S, Garel KA, Whitfield-Gabrieli S, Gollub RL, Kong J, Vaina LM, Rana KD, Stufflebeam SS, Hamalainen MS, and Kenet T. Maturation trajectories of cortical resting-state networks depend on the mediating frequency band. Neuroimage, 2018; 174:57-68.
  49. Nishiwaki M, Takayama M, Yajima H, Nasu M, Park J, Kong J, Takakura N. A double-blind study on acupuncture sensations with Japanese style of acupuncture: comparison between penetrating and placebo needles. eCAM, 2018:8128147.
  50. Kong J, Wang ZJ, Leiser J, Minicucci D, Edwards R, Kirsch I, Wasan AD, Lang C, Gerber J, Yu S, Napadow V, Kaptchuk T, Gollub R. Enhancing treatment of osteoarthritis knee pain by boosting expectancy – A functional neuroimaging study. Neuroimage Clinical, 2018;18:325-334. doi: 10.1016/j.nicl.2018.01.021
  51. Wang YM, Fang JL, Cui JN, Liu J, Song P, Lang C, Bao Y, Sun RR, Xu CC, Ding X, Yan ZF, Yan YH, Kong Q, Kong J The functional and structural alterations of the striatum in chronic spontaneous urticaria. Sci Rep, 2018; doi:10.1038/s41598-018-19962-2
  52. Tu YH, Fang JL, Cao J, Wang ZJ, Park J, Jorgenson K, Lang C, Liu J, Zhang GL, Zhao YP, Zhu B, Kong J A distinct biomarker of continuous transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation treatment in major depressive disorder. Brain Stimulation, 2018; 11(3):501-508
  53. Wang ZJ, Fang JL, Liu J, Rong PJ, Jorgenson K, Park J., Lang C, Yang H, Zhu B, Kong J Frequency-dependent functional connectivity of the nucleus accumbens during continuous transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation in major depressive disorder. J Psychiatry Res, 2018; 102:123-131, NIHMSID 939974
  54. Gollub RL, Kirsch I, Maleki N, Wasan AD, Edwards RR, Tu Y, Kaptchuk TJ, Kong J A functional neuroimaging study of expectancy effects on pain response in patients with knee osteoarthritis. J Pain, 2018; pii: S1526-5900(18)30001-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2017.12.260
  55. Rodman AM, Deckersbach T, Chou T, Kong J, Gollub RL, Dougherty DD. A preliminary study of the opioid system and personality traits using positron emission tomography. Mol Neuropsychiatry, 2017; 3(1):12-18. doi: 10.1159/000452417. PubMed PMID: 28879197; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5582449.
  56. Tao J, Chen XL, Jiao L, Egorova N, Xue X, Liu WL, Zheng GH, Li M, Wu JS, Hu K, Wang ZJ, Chen L, Kong J Tai Chi Chuan and Baduanjin mind-body training changes resting-state low-frequency fluctuations in the frontal lobe of older adults: A resting-state fMRI study. Front Hum Neurosci, 2017; doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2017.00514. PMCID: PMC5670503
  57. Jung M, Tu Y, Lang C, Ortiz, A., Park J, Jorgenson K, Kong XJ, Kong J Decreased structural connectivity and resting-state brain activity in the lateral occipital cortex is associated with social communication deficits in boys with autism spectrum disorder. Neuroimage, 2017; S1053-8119(17)30779-6
  58. Tao J, Jiao L, Chen XL, Liu WL, Chen X, Xue X, Zheng G, Wang Q, Sun S, Jorgenson K, Lang C, Hua K, Chen SJ, Chen L, Kong J Tai Chi Chuan and Baduanjin increase grey matter volume in older adults: A brain imaging study. J Alzheimers Dis, 2017; 60: 389-400. PMCID: PMC5659386
  59. Li ZJ, Zeng F, Yin T, Lan L, Makris N, Jorgenson K, Guo T, Wu F, Gao Y, Dong M, Liu M, Yang J, Li Y, Gong Q, Liang F, Kong J Acupuncture modulates the abnormal brainstem activity in migraine without aura patients. Neuroimage Clin, 2017; 15:367-375. PMID: 28580293 PMCID: PMC5447510
  60. Cui F, Zhou L, Wang Z, Lang C, Park J, Tan Z, Yu Y, Sun C, Gao Y, Kong J Altered functional connectivity of striatal subregions in patients with multiple sclerosis. Front Neurol, 2017 Apr 24; 8:129.
  61. Song W, Dai M, Xuan L, Cao Z, Zhou S, Lang C, Lv K, Xu M, Kong J Sensorimotor cortical neuroplasticity in the early stage of bell’s palsy. Neural Plast, 2017; 8796239.
  62. Li J, Wang Z, Hwang J, Zhao B, Yang X, Xin S, Wang Y, Jiang H, Shi P, Zhang Y, Wang X, Lang C, Park J, Bao T, Kong J Anatomical brain difference of subthreshold depression in young and middle-aged individuals. Neuroimage Clin, 2017; 14:546-551.
  63. Song W, Cao Z, Lang C, Dai M, Xuan L, Lv K, Cui F, Jorgenson K, Xu M, Kong J Disrupted functional connectivity of striatal sub-regions in Bell’s palsy patients. Neuroimage Clin, 2017; 14:122-129.
  64. Egorova, N, Park J, Kong J In the face of pain: the choice of visual cues in pain conditioning matters. Eur J Pain, 2017 Aug; 21(7):1243-1251.
  65. Tao J, Chen XL, Egorova N, Liu J, Chen X, Xue X, Zheng G, Wang Q, Sun S, Chen L, Kong J Tai Chi Chuan and Baduanjin practice modulates functional connectivity of the cognitive control network in older adults. Sci Rep, 2017; 7: 41581.
  66. Wang Z, Wang X, Liu J, Chen J, Liu X, Nie G, Jorgenson K, Sohn KC, Huang R, Liu M, Liu B, Kong J Acupuncture treatment modulates the corticostriatal reward circuitry in major depressive disorder. J Psychiatr Res, 2017; 84:18-26.
  67. Fang J, Egorova N, Rong PJ, Liu J, Hong Y, Fan Y, Wang XL, Wang HH, Yu YT, Ma YY, Xu CH, Li SY, Zhao JJ, Luo M, Zhu B, Kong J Early cortical biomarkers of longitudinal transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation treatment success in depression. Neuroimage Clin, 2017; 14: 105-111.
  68. Liu J, Fang J, Wang ZJ, Rong P, Yang H, Fan YY, Wang XL, Zhao Y, Park J, Yu J, Zhu B, Kong J Transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation modulates amygdala functional connectivity in patients with depression. J Affect Disord, 2016; 205:319-326.
  69. Wang XY, Wang ZJ, Liu J, Chen J, Liu X, Nie GN, Byun JS, Liang YL, Park J, Huang RW, Liu M, Liu L, Kong J Repeated acupuncture treatments modulate amygdala resting state functional connectivity of depressive patients; Neuroimage Clin, 2016, 12:746-752.
  70. Miao H, Chen X, Yan Y, He X, Hu S, Kong J, Wu M, Zhou Y, Wang L, Wang K, Qiu BS. Functional connectivity change of brain default mode network in breast cancer patients after chemotherapy. Neuroradiology, 2016; doi:10.1007/s00234-016-1708-8.
  71. Hwang JW, Xin SC, Ou YM, Zhang WY, Liang YL, Chen J, Yang XQ, Chen XY, Guo TW, Yang XJ, Ma WH, Li J, Zhao BC, Tu Y, Kong J Enhanced default mode network connectivity with ventral striatum in subthreshold depression individuals. J Psychiatr Res, 2016; 76: 111-120.
  72. Curie A, Brun A, Cheylus A, Reboul A, Nazir T, Bussy G, Delange K, Paulignan Y, Mercier S, David A, Marignier S, Merle L, de Fréminville B, Prieur F, Till M, Mortemousque I, Toutain A, Bieth E, Touraine R, Sanlaville D, Chelly J, Kong J, Ott D, Kassai B, Hadjikhani N, Gollub RL, Portes V. A novel analog reasoning paradigm: new insights in intellectually disabled patients, PLoS One, 2016; 11(2): 1-23.
  73. Li ZJ, Lan L, Zeng F, Makris N, Hwang J, Guo T, Wu F, Gao Y, Dong M, Liu M, Yang J, Li Y, Gong Q, Sun S, Liang F, Kong J The altered right frontoparietal network functional connectivity in migraine and the modulation effect of acupuncture. Cephalalgia, 2017; Feb;37(2):161-176.
  74. Tao J, Liu J, Egorova N, Chen X, Sun S, Xue X, Huang J, Zheng G, Wang Q, Chen L, Kong J Increased hippocampus-medial prefrontal cortex resting-state functional connectivity and memory function after tai chi chuan practice in elder adults. Front Aging Neurosci, 2016; 8, 25.
  75. Rong P, Liu J, Wang L, Liu R, Fang J, Zhao J, Zhao Y, Wang H, Vangel M, Sun S, Ben H, Park J, Li S, Meng H, Zhu B, Kong J Effect of transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation on major depressive disorder: A nonrandomized controlled pilot study. J Affect Disord, 2016; 195:172-179.
  76. Li Z, Liu M, Lan L, Zeng F, Makris N, Liang Y, Guo T, Wu F, Gao Y, Dong M, Yang J, Li Y, Gong Q, Liang F, Kong J Altered periaqueductal gray resting state functional connectivity in migraine and the modulation effect of treatment. Sci Rep, 2016; 6, 20298.
  77. Egorova N, Park, J, Orr SP, Kirsch I, Gollub R, Kong J Not seeing or feeling is still believing: conscious and nonconscious pain modulation after direct and observational learning. Sci Rep, 2015; 5:16809. doi: 10.1038/srep16809.
  78. Chen XY, Spaeth R, Freeman S, Scarborough DM, Hashmi JA, Wei HY, Egorova N, Vangel M, Mao JR, Wasan AD, Edward RR, Gollub R, Kong J The modulation effect of longitudinal acupuncture on resting state functional connectivity in knee osteoarthritis patients. Molecular Pain, 2015; 11(1):67. doi: 10.1186/s12990-015-0071-9.
  79. Hwang J, Egorova N, Yang XQ, Zhang WY, Chen J, Yang XY, Hu LJ, Sun S, Bao T, Kong J Subthreshold depression is associated with impaired resting state functional connectivity of the cognitive control network. Translational Psychiatry, 2015; 5, e683; doi:10.1038/tp.2015.174
  80. Egorova N, Gollub R, Kong J Repeated verum but not placebo acupuncture normalizes connectivity in brain regions dysregulated in chronic pain. NeuroImage: Clinical, 2015; 10.1016/j.nicl.2015.1009.1012.
  81. Fang JL, Hong Y, Fan YY, Liu J, Ma YY, Xiu CH, Wang HH, Ma YG, Wang XL, Liu ZS, Zhu B, Kong J, Rong PJ. Brain response to Transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation, an fMRI study. Chin J Magn Reson Imaging, 2014; 5(6):416-422.
  82. Fang JL, Rong PJ, Hong Y, Fan YY, Liu J, Wang HH, Zhang GL, Chen XY, Shi S, Wang LP, Liu RP, Hwang JW, Li ZJ, Tao J, Wang Y, Zhu B, Kong J Transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation modulates default mode network in major depressive disorder, Bio Psychiatry, 2016; 79(4):266-273 PMC4838995
  83. Egorova N, Yu RJ, Navneet Kaur N, Vangel M, Gollub RL, Dougherty D, Kong J , Camprodon J. Neuromodulation of conditioned placebo/nocebo in heat pain: anodal vs. cathodal transcranial direct current stimulation to the right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex. Pain, 2015; 156(7):1342-1347 NIHMSID: 671088 *contributed equally (co-senior author)
  84. Freeman S, Yu RJ, Egorova N, Chen XY, Kirsch I, Claggett B, Kaptchuk T, Gollub RL, Kong J Distinct neural representations of placebo and nocebo effect. Neuroimage, 2015 Mar 14; 112:197-207 NIHMSID: 670497
  85. Lee IS, Wallraven C, Kong J, Chang DS, Lee HJ, Park HJ, Chae YB. When pain is not only pain: Inserting needles into the body evokes distinct reward-related brain responses in the context of a treatment. Physiol Behav, 2015; 140:148-155.
  86. Jensen K, Kaptchuk TJ, Chen XY, Kirsch I, Ingvar M, Gollub RL, Kong J A brain mechanism for nonconscious activation of conditioned placebo responses. Cerebral Cortex, 2015; 25(10):3903-3910.
  87. Chen XY, Spaeth RB, Retzepi K, Ott D, Kong J Acupuncture modulates cortical thickness and functional connectivity in knee osteoarthritis patients. Scientific Reports, 2014; 4, 6482; DOI:10.1038/srep06482.
  88. Hsieh C, Kong J, Kirsch I, Edwards RR, Jensen KB, Kaptchuk TJ, Gollub RL. Well-loved music robustly relieves pain. PLoS One, 2014; 9(9): e107390 PMCID: PMC4161415
  89. Yu RJ, Gollub, RL, Spaeth R, Napadow V, Wasan A, Kong J Disrupted functional connectivity of the periaqueductal gray in chronic low back pain. Neuroimage Clinical, 2014, doi: 10.1016/j.nicl.2014.08.019 PMCID: PMC4215524
  90. Wey HY, Catana C, Hooker JM, Dougherty DD, Knudsen GM, Wang DJ, Chonde DB, Rosen BR, Gollub RL, Kong J Simultaneous fMRI-PET of the opioidergic pain system in human brain. Neuroimage, 2014; 102:275-282 PMCID: PMC4348014
  91. Huang F, Dong JX, Kong J Wang HC, Meng H, Spaeth RB, Camhi S, Liao X, Li X, Zhai X, Li SY, Zhu B, Rong PJ. Effect of transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation on impaired glucose tolerance: a pilot randomized study. BMC Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 2014; doi: 10.1186/1472-6882-12-255. PMCID: PMC4227038
  92. Zhu D, Chang JL, Freeman S, Tan ZJ, Xiao J, Gao Y, Kong J Changes of functional connectivity in the left frontoparietal network following aphasic stroke. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 2014; doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00167 PMCID: PMC4026698
  93. Yu RJ, Spaeth R, Gollub R, Vangel M, Kaptchuk, T, Smoller J, Kong J Placebo analgesia and reward processing: integrating genetics, personality, and intrinsic brain activity. Hum Brain Mapp, 2014; 35:4583-45936, NIHMSID # 569631
  94. Curie A, Nazir T, Brun A, Paulignan Y, Reboul A, Delange K, Cheylus A, Bertrand S, Rochefort F, Bussy G, Marignier S, Lacombe D, Chiron C, Cossée M, Leheup B, Philippe C, Laugel V, De Saint Martin A, Sacco S, Poirier K, Bienvenu T, Souville I, Gilbert-Dussardier B, Bieth E, Kauffmann D, Briot P, de Fréminville B, Prieur F, Till M, Rooryck-Thambo C, Mortemousque I, Bobillier-Chaumont I, Lambert J-C, Toutain A, Touraine R, Sanlaville D, Chelly J, Freeman S, Kong J, Hadjikhani N, Gollub RL, Roy A, Des Portes V. The c.429-452 duplication of the ARX gene: A unique developmental-model of limb kinetic apraxia. Orphanet J Rare Dis, 2014; 9:25. http://www.ojrd.com/content/9/1/25
  95. Kirsch A, Kong J, Sadler P, Spaeth R, Cook A, Kaptchuk T, Gollub R. Expectancy and Conditioning in Placebo Analgesia: Separate or Connected Processes?. Psychol Conscious, 2014; (1):51-59. PMCID: PMC4118664
  96. Hashmi JA, Kong J, Spaeth R, Khan. S, Ted Kaptchuk, T, Gollub R. Functional network architecture predicts psychologically mediated analgesia related to treatment in chronic knee pain patients. J Neursci, 2014; 34(11): 3924-3936
  97. Dolman A, Loggia M, Edwards R, Gollub R, Kong J, Napadow V, Wasan AJ. Phenotype matters: The absence of a positive association between cortical thinning and chronic low back pain when controlling for salient clinical variables. Clin J Pain, 2014; (10):839-845
  98. Wells RE, Yeh GY, Kerr C, Wolkin J, Davis RB, Tan Y, Spaeth R, Wall R, Walsh J, Kaptchuk T, Press D, Phillips RS, Kong J Meditation’s impact on default mode network and hippocampus in mild cognitive impairment: a pilot study. Neuroscience Letters, 2013, (27);556:15-19
  99. Kong J, Spaech R, Wey HY, Cheetham A, Cook A, Jensen K, Tan Y, Liu HS, Wang DH, Loggia M, Napadow V, Smoller J, Wasan AJ, Gollub R. S1 is associated with chronic low back pain: a functional and structural MRI study. Molecular Pain, 2013; 9(1):43
  100. Jensen KB, Srinivasan P, Spaech R, Tan Y, Kosek E, Petzke F, Carville S, Fransson P, Marcus H, Williams S, Choy E, Vitton O, Gracely RH, Ingvar M, Kong J Overlapping structural and functional brain changes in patients with long-term exposure to fibromyalgia. Arthritis & Rheumatism, 2013; 65(12): 3293-3303 NIHMSID # 569607
  101. Wang XL, Fang JL, Zhao FQ, Fan YY, Liu J, Hong Y, Wang HH, Ma YY, Xu Ch, Shi S, Kong J, Rong PJ. Deqi sensations of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) on auricular points. eCAM, 2013:371543. doi: 10.1155/2013/371543.
  102. Spaeth R, Camhi S, Hashmi J, Vangel M, Wasan A, Edwards R, Gollub R, Kong J A longitudinal study of the reliability of acupuncture deqi sensations in knee osteoarthritis. eCAM, 2013:204259. doi: 10.1155/2013/204259
  103. Kong J, Spaeth, R, Cook A, Kirsch I, Claggett B, Vangel M, Gollub R, Smoller J, Kaptchuk T. Are all placebo effects equal? Placebo pills, sham acupuncture, cue conditioning and their association. PLOS ONE, 2013, 8(7): e67485. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0067485
  104. Wells RE, Kerr C,Wolkin J, Dossett M, Davis RB, Walsh J, Wall R, Kong J, Kaptchuk T, Press D, Phillips RS, Yeh G. Meditation for adults with mild cognitive impairment: A pilot randomized trial [Research Letter]. J Am Geriatr Soc, 2013, 61(4):642-645
  105. Kong J, Jensen K, Loiotile R, Cheetham A, Wey HY, Tan T, Rosen B, Smoller JS, Kaptchuk TJ, Gollub RL. Functional connectivity of frontoparietal network predicts cognitive modulation of pain. Pain, 2013, 154(3):459-467 PMCID: 3725961
  106. Jensen KB, Petrovic P, Kerr C, Kirsch I, Raicek J, Cheetham A, Spaeth R, Amanda C, Gollub RL, Kong J, Kaptchuk T. Sharing pain and relief: Neural correlates of physicians during treatment of patients. Molecular Psychiatry, 2014: 19(3):392-398 NIHMSID # 565239 *contributed equally (co-senior author)
  107. Jensen KB, Kaptchuk TJ, Kirsch I, Baicek J, Lindstrom K, Berna C, Gollub RL, Ingvar M, Kong J Non-conscious activation of placebo and nocebo pain responses. PNAS, 2012; 109(39):15959-15964
  108. Loggia ML, Kim J, Gollub, R, Vangel M, Kirsch I, Kong J, Wasan A, Napadow V. Default mode network connectivity encodes clinical pain: an arterial spin labeling study. Pain, 2013; 154(1):24-33 PMC3534957
  109. Jensen KB, Loitoile R, Kosek E, Petzke F, Carville S, Fransson P, Marcus H, Williams S, Choy E, Mainguy Y, Vitton O, Gracely RH, Gollub R, Ingvar M, Kong J Patients with fibromyalgia display less functional connectivity in the brain’s pain inhibitory network during pressure-evoked pain. Mol Pain, 2012; 8(1):32. PMC3404927
  110. Linnman C, Beucke JC Jensen KB, Gollub RL, Kong J Sex similarities and differences in pain-related periaqueductal gray connectivity. Pain, 2012 153(2):444-454.
  111. Loggia ML, Jensen K, Gollub RL, Wasan AD, Edwards R, Kong J The catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) val158met polymorphism affects brain responses to repeated painful stimuli. PLoS ONE, 2011, 6(11), e27764. PMC3221673
  112. Wasan, AD, Loggia ML, Chen LQ, Napadow V, Kong J, Gollub RL. Neural correlates of chronic low back pain measured by arterial spin labeling. Anesthesiology, 2011; 115(2): 364-374. PMC3286828
  113. Zyloney C, Jensen K, Polich G, Loiotile R, Cheetham A, LaViolette PS, Tu P, Kaptchuk TJ, Gollub RL, Kong J Imaging the functional connectivity of the periaqueductal gray during genuine and sham electroacupuncture treatment. Mol Pain. 2010 Nov 16; 6:80. PMC2993660
  114. Qiu WQ, Claunch J, Kong J, Nixon, EE, Fang JL, Li M, Vangel M, Hui, KK. The effects of acupuncture on the brain networks for emotion and cognition: an observation of gender differences. Brain Res, 2010; 1362: 56-67. PMID: 20851113 (no PMC)
  115. Zhang L, Zhong GJ, Wu YK, Vangel, MG, Jiang BN, Kong J Using Granger-Geweke causality model to evaluate the effective connectivity of primary motor cortex (M1), supplementary motor area (SMA) and cerebellum. J Biomed Sci Eng, 2010; 3: 848-860. PMC2991070
  116. Kong J, Tu PC, Zyloney C, Su TP. Intrinsic functional connectivity of the periaqueductal gray, a resting fMRI study. Behav Brain Res, 2010, 211(2):215-219 PMC2862838
  117. Kong J, Loggia ML, Zyloney C, Tu PC, LaViolette P, Gollub RL. Exploring the brain in pain: activations, deactivations and their relation. Pain, 2010, 148(2):257-267. PMC2815185
  118. Wasan AD, Kong J, Pham LD, Kaptchuk TJ, Edwards R, Gollub RL. The impact of placebo, psychopathology, and expectations on the response to acupuncture needling in patients with chronic low back pain. J Pain, 2010, 11(6):555-563. PMC2879448
  119. Kong J, Kaptchuk TJ, Polich G, Kirsch IV, Vangel M, Zyloney C, Rosen B, Gollub RL. An fMRI study on the interaction and dissociation between expectation of pain relief and acupuncture treatment. Neuroimage, 2009, 47(3):1066-1076. PMC2742363
  120. Kong J, Kaptchuk TJ, Polich G, Kirsch I, Vangel M, Zyloney C, Rosen B, Gollub RL. Expectancy and treatment interactions: A dissociation between acupuncture analgesia and expectancy evoked placebo analgesia. Neuroimage. 2009, 45:940-949. PMC2737445
  121. Kong J, Gollub RL, Polich G, Kirsch I, Vangel MG, LaViolette P, Rosen B, Kaptchuk TJ. A functional magnetic resonance imaging study on the neural mechanisms of hyperalgesic nocebo effect. J Neurosci. 2008; 28;(49):13354 -13362. PMC2649754
  122. Dougherty DD, Kong J, Webb M, Bonab AA, Fischman AJ, Gollub RL. A combined [11C]diprenorphine PET study and fMRI study of acupuncture analgesia. Behav Brain Res, 2008; 193(1):63-68. PMC2538486 *contributed equally
  123. Fang J, Jin Z, Wang Y, Li K, Kong J, Nixon EE, Zeng Y, Ren Y, Tong H, Wang Y, Wang P, Hui KK. The salient characteristics of the central effects of acupuncture needling: limbic-paralimbic-neocortical network modulation. Hum Brain Mapp. 2009; 30(4):1196-1206, PMID: 18571795 (no PMC)
  124. Kong J, Kaptchuk TJ, Webb JM, Kong JT, Sasaki Y, Polich GR, Vangel MG, Kwong K, Rosen B, Gollub RL. Functional neuroanatomical investigation of vision-related acupuncture point specificity – a multi-session fMRI study. Hum Brain Mapp. 2009; 30(1):38-46. PMC4009985
  125. Kong J, Gollub RL, Huang T, Polich GR, Napadow V, Kathleen H, Mark V, Rosen B, Kaptchuk TJ. Acupuncture De Qi, from qualitative history to quantitative measurement. J Altern Complement Med, 2007; 13(10):1059-1070, PMID: 18166116 (no PMC)
  126. Kong J, Gollub RL, Webb JM, Kong JT, Vangel MG, Kwong K. Test-retest study of fMRI signal change evoked by electroacupuncture stimulation. Neuroimage. 2007; 34:1171-1181. PMC1994822
  127. Kong J, White N, Kwong K, Vangel, MG, Rosman IS, Gracely RH, Gollub RL. Using fMRI to dissociate sensory encoding from cognitive evaluation of heat pain intensity. Hum Brain Mapp. 2006; 27:715-721. PMID: 16342273 (no PMC)
  128. Kong J, Gollub RL, Rosman IS, Webb JM, Vangel MG, Kirsch I, Kaptchuk TJ. Brain activity associated with expectancy-enhanced placebo analgesia as measured by fMRI. J Neurosci. 2006; 26: 381-388. PMID: 16407533 (no PMC)
  129. Kong J, Fufa DT, Gerber A, Rosman I, Vangel M, Gracely RH, Gollub RL. Psychophysical outcomes from a randomized pilot study of manual, electro, and sham acupuncture treatment on experimentally induced thermal pain. J Pain, 2005; 6: 55-64. PMID: 15629419 (no PMC)
  130. Kong J, Wang C, Kwong K, Vangel M, Chua E, Gollub R. The neural substrates of arithmetic operations and procedure complexity. Cogn Brain Res, 2005; 22:397-405. PMID: 15722210 (no PMC)
  131. Kong J, Ma L, Gollub RL, Wei J, Yang X, Li D, Weng X, Jia F, Wang C, Li F, Li R, Zhuang D. A pilot study of functional magnetic resonance imaging of the brain during manual and electroacupuncture stimulation of acupuncture point (LI-4 Hegu) in normal subjects reveals differential brain activation between methods. J Altern Complement Med. 2002; 8:411-419. PMID: 12230901 (no PMC)
  132. Wang H, Wang Y, Kong J, Cui L, Tian S. Enhancement of conflict processing activity in human brain under task relevant condition. Neurosci Lett, 2001;298:155-158, PMID: 11165430 (no PMC)
  133. Wang YP, Kong J, Tang X, Zhuang D, Li S. Event-related potential N270 is elicited by mental conflict processing in human brain. Neurosci Lett, 2000; 293:17-20. PMID: 11065127 (no PMC)
  134. Cui LL, Wang Y, Wang HJ, Tian SJ, Kong J Human brain sub-systems for discrimination of visual shapes. Neuroreport, 2000; 11:2415-2418. PMID: 10943695 (no PMC)
  135. Wei HF, Kong J, Zhuang D, Shang HY, Yang XZ. Early-latency somatosensory evoked potentials to electrical acupuncture in acupoint of LI-4. Clin EEG Neurosci, 2000; 31:160-164. PMID: 10923205 (no PMC)
  136. Kong J, Wang YP, Zhang W, Wang H, Wei H, Shang H, Yang X, Zhuang D. Event-related brain potentials elicited by a number discrimination task. Neuroreport, 2000;11:1195-1197. PMID: 10817590 (no PMC)
  137. Kong J, Wang YP, Shang HY, Wang Y, Yang X, Zhuang D. Brain potentials during mental arithmetic-effect of problem difficulty on event-related brain potentials. Neurosci Lett., 1999; 260:169-172. PMID: 10076894 (no PMC)
  138. Wang YP, Tang XF, Kong J, Zhuang D, Li S. Different systems in human brain are involved in pre-semantic discrimination of pictures as revealed by event-related potentials. Neurosci Lett, 1998; 257:143-146. PMID: 9870340 (no PMC)
  139. Kong J, Wang YP, Wang HJ, Shang HY, Zhuang D. The influence of electroacupuncture stimulation at acupuncture points on the performance of “true/false” tests and reaction time. J Chinese General Practice, 1998; 1:174-175.

Other peer-reviewed papers: 

  1. Kong J, A hypothesis on the corresponding brain centers of acupuncture meridians. J Acupuncture and Moxibustion, 1991; 7:11-13. 
  1. Kong J, A discussion on the phenomenon of sleeping induced by propagated sensation along meridians. J Yunnan College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 1991; 14:23-25. 
  1. Kong J, A discussion on mechanism of the propagated sensation along meridians.  J Shandong College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 1992; 16:67-68. 
  1. Wei HF, Lawrence CL, Kong J. The substance and properties of Meridians: a review of modern research. Acupuncture Med, 1999; 17:134-139. 
  1. McManus CA, Schnyer RN, Kong J, Nguyen LT, Nam BY, Goldman R, Stason WB, Kaptchuk TJ. Sham acupuncture devices: practical advice for researchers. Acupuncture Med, 2007; 25(l-2):36-40. 
  1. Kong J, Kaptchuk TJ, Polich, J, Kirsch I, Gollub RL. Placebo analgesia: findings from brain imaging studies and emerging hypotheses. Rev Neurosci, 2007; 18(3-4):173-190, PMID: 18019605 (invited review). 
  1. Huang T, Kong J, Huang X, Xu YH. Some misunderstandings of de qi phenomenon: from historic review to experimental study. Chinese Acupuncture, 2008; 28(2):105-109, PMID: 18405153 (no PMC). 
  1. Gollub RL, Kong J. For placebo effects in medicine, seeing is believing. Sci Transl Med. 3, 2011: 70ps5. 
  1. Rong PJ, Fang JL, Wang LP, Meng H,  Liu J, Ma YG,  Ben H, Li L, Liu RP, Huang ZX , Li X, Zhu B,  Kong J. Transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation for the treatment of depression: a study protocol for a double blinded randomized clinical trial. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2012; 12:255. 
  1. Chae YB, Chang DS, Lee SH, Jung WM, Lee IS,  Jackson S, Kong J, Lee H, Park HJ, Lee H, Wallraven C, Inserting needles into the body: a meta-analysis of brain activity associated with acupuncture needle stimulation. Pain, 2013; 14(3):215-222. 
  1. Zhu D, Gao Y, Chang JL, Kong J. Placebo acupuncture devices: considerations for acupuncture research. eCAM, 2013; 2013:628907. doi: 10.1155/2013/628907. 
  1. Zhu D, Freeman S, Kong J. Acupuncture treatment of substance use disorders. Integrative Med, 2013, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 
  1. Sabatier I, Chabrier S, Brun A, Hees L, Cheylus A, Gollub R, Hadjikhani N, Kong J, des Portes V, Floret D, Curie A. Stroke by carotid artery complete occlusion in Kawasaki Disease: Case report and review of literature. Pediatr Neurol. 2013 Oct 3. pii: S0887-8994(13)00531-6. doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2013.08.011. 
  1. Takakura N, Takayama, M, Kawase A, Kaptchuk, T, Kong J, Yajima H. Design of a randomized acupuncture trial on functional neck/shoulder stiffness with two placebo controls.  BMC Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 2014; 14:246. doi: 10.1186/1472-6882-14-246. 
  1. Kong J, Sun S. Brain imaging study on acupuncture: where we are and where we are headed? Chin J Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 2014; 5(6) 401-407. 
  1. Kong J, Jorgenson K. Complexity and challenges of acupuncture research. Acupuncture Research, 2016, 41; 389-395. 
  1. Zhao X, Xu M, Jorgenson K, Kong J. Neurochemical changes in patients with chronic low back pain detected by proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy: A systematic review. Neuroimage Clinical, 2017; 13: 33–38. 
  1. Nishiwaki M, Takayama M, Yajima H, Nasu M, Kong J, Takakura N. The Japanese version of the Massachusetts General Hospital Acupuncture Sensation Scale: A validation study. eCAM, 2017, Article ID 7093967. 
  1. Yu J, Kong J. Transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation: a promising method for treatment of autism spectrum disorders. Frontiers in Neurology, 2017; doi:10.3389/fnins.2016.00609. 
  1. Kong XJ, Wang BK, Park J, Kong J. Introduction of a new video-based eye tracking paradigm for early detection of ASD. N A J Med Sci. 2017;10(4):133-135. 
  1. Kong J, Fang JL, Park J, Li SY, Rong PJ. Treating depression with transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation: State of the art and future perspectives. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2018; doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00020. 
  1. Kong J, Wilson J, Park J, Pereira K, Walpole C, Yeung A, Treating depression with Tai Chi: State of the art and future perspectives, Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2019; 10: 237. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00237 
  1. Zou LY, Zhang Y, Yang L, Loprinzi P, Yeung A, Kong J, Chen K, Song W, Xiao T, Li H, Are Mindful Exercises Safe and Beneficial for Treating Chronic Lower Back Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials, Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2019, 8(5): 628. doi: 10.3390/jcm8050628 
  1. Chen XR, Cui JB, Li R, Norton R, Park J, Kong J, and Yeung A, Dao Yin (aka Qigong): Origin, Development, Potential Mechanisms, and Clinical Applications eCAM, 2019, https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/3705120 
  1. Shi D, Clement D, Bhonde R, Ikegawa S, Mascarenhas VV, Di Matteo B, Indelli PF, Kourkoumelis N, Rodríguez-Merchán EC, Sheykhhasan M, Fu FH, Aurélio Vaz M, Kong J, Kingue Azantsa BG, Ye C, Halabchi F, Cornish SM, Hausmann LRM, Campos ALS, de Jesus CCL, Jorgensen C, Ilieva EM, Wang W, Martínez LV, Ahn H, Shirinsky IV, Cheung C, Knutsen G, Petersen W, Lane NE, Cai H, Xu W, Wu J, Lu J, Zhang Y, Jiang Q. Society for translational medicine-expert consensus on the treatment of osteoarthritis. Annals of Joint 4, 2020. doi: 10.21037/aoj.2019.12.13 
  1. Amanzio M, Howick J, Kong J. How do NOCEBO PHENOMENA provide a theoretical framework for the COVID-19 pandemic? Frontiers in Psychology, 2020, doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.589884 
  1. Kong J, Eshel M.N, Applying the Power of the Mind in Acupuncture Treatment of Pain, Medical Acupuncture, 2020. 32(6): p. 367-372. 
  1. Kong J, Can mind-body exercises be a solution for an aging / aged society? Brain Behav Immun, 2021. doi:10.1016/j.bbi.2021.05.029. 

Book Chapters:

  1. Polich G, Kong J, Napadow V, Gollub RL. Complementary medicine and the central mediation of functional pain disorders. In: Mayer EA, Bushnell MC, editors. Functional pain syndromes: presentation and pathophysiology. IASP Press; 2009. p. 509-528.
  2. Kong J, Gollub RL. Placebo analgesia, nocebo hyperalgesia, and acupuncture. In: Colloca L, Flaten MA, and Meissner K, editors. Pain and placebo, from bench to bedside. Elsevier; 2013. p. 115-126.
  3. Kong J, Benedetti F. Placebo and nocebo effects: an introduction to psychological and biological mechanisms. In: Benedetti F, Ench P, Frisaldi E, Schedlowski M, editors. Placebo handbook of experimental pharmacology. Springer; 2014. p. 3-16.
  4. Kong J, Freeman S. Advancing pain treatment using neuroimaging studies of pain, acupuncture and placebo. In: Chen L, editor. Acupuncture in pain management. New York: NOVA scientific publishing house; 2014. p. 149-162.
  5. Gollub RL, Kong J. Acupuncture, Pain, and Brain Imaging, In: Apkarian V, editor. The Brain adapting with pain: contribution of neuroimaging technology to pain mechanisms. PA: Wolters Kluwer; 2015. p. 363-370.
  6. Cao J, Sun RR, Li SS, Kong J. (English-Chinese translation), Chapter 19-26, By Hu Valerie, Frontiers in Autism Research: New Horizons for Diagnosis and Treatment, People’s health publication, 2018