Neuroendocrineimmune system, Electroacupuncture and Gene Expression
This is an article included in my writing project and it doesn’t seem to be anywhere in my blog. So here it is! https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2862942/ Cooper EL. eCAM: Neuroendocrineimmune, Electroacupuncture and Gene Expression. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2010;7(2):149-150. doi:10.1093/ecam/neq035 According to Burnet (5): The first objective in a serious approach to immunology should be to obtain…
Read MoreThe Vagus Nerve Can Predict and Possibly Modulate Non-Communicable Chronic Diseases: Introducing a Neuroimmunological Paradigm to Public Health
I’m referencing this article in my writing project but apparently never covered it in the blog. It supports the use of HRV as a measure of frontal brain activity, a part of the brain that can regulate unhealthy behaviors. ” Vagal nerve activity is related to frontal brain activity which regulates unhealthy lifestyle behaviors. Epidemiologically,…
Read MoreKevin Tracey: The Inflammatory Reflex and the Role of Complementary and Alternative Medical Therapies
A somewhat older article, but articulates very nicely the role of acupuncture as a potential to activate the vagus nerve. This is what I’ve been looking at for many, many years with HRV. Oke SL, Tracey KJ. The inflammatory reflex and the role of complementary and alternative medical therapies. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2009;1172:172-180. doi:10.1196/annals.1393.013…
Read MoreTAVNS improved brain connectivity on patients of disorders of consciousness
This study is related to this one, except that in this one the are monitoring brain activity. Yifei W, Yi Y, Yu W, Jinling Z, Weihang Z, Shaoyuan LI, Mozheng WU, Jianghong HE, Peijing R. Transcutaneous auricular vague nerve stimulation improved brain connection activity on patients of disorders of consciousness: a pilot study. J Tradit…
Read MorePoster Presentation INS Barcelona: HRV as biomarker for successful TAVNS treatment during acupuncture
I realize the poster is hard to read. Feel free to go to the link for a better view. Basically, I was trying to see if TAVNS, transcutaneous vagal nerve stimulation, would alter the HRV of patients while receiving acupuncture. My hypothesis was that it would further improve patients HRV if given during an acupuncture…
Read MoreTAVNS for Disorders of Conciousness (Vegetative State)
Having just attended a Neuromodulation Conference where my interest was in TAVNS, (Transcutaneous Vagal Nerve Stimulation), this study in patients in a vegetative state receiving daily TAVNS is pertinent. In this study the patients HRV improved over time. Any noninvasive therapy that can help these patients would be welcome. It was not life-changing in this…
Read MorePredictors of autonomic neuropathy in rheumatoid arthritis.
Auton Neurosci. 2016 Dec;201:54-59. doi: 10.1016/j.autneu.2016.07.008. Epub 2016 Jul 29. Predictors of autonomic neuropathy in rheumatoid arthritis. Syngle V1, Syngle A2, Garg N3, Krishan P3, Verma I3. Author informationαα 1 Cardio Rheuma and Healing Touch City Clinic, Chandigarh, India. 2 Cardio Rheuma and Healing Touch City Clinic, Chandigarh, India; Fortis Multispecialty Hospital, Mohali, Punjab, India….
Read MoreNanoporous Acupuncture needle for enhanced results
I mentioned this needle before. I am keenly interested in it, because of my hunch that there is something about the actual needling, the micro injury, that is key to acupuncture effect beyond just stimulating underlying nerves. They set a cascade of transmitters into motion. This is one reason that I don’t use Seirin needles…
Read MoreAutism and Inflammatory Markers: IL-37 is increased in brains of children with autism spectrum disorder and inhibits human microglia stimulated by neurotensin
Autism Spectrum Disorder has some origins in inflammation, as does almost every disease and condition that ails us. I’ve discussed autism over the years. I will be goint to a Neuromodulation conference next week and hope there might be some presentations on this. Tsilioni I, Patel AB, Pantazopoulos H, et al. IL-37 is increased in…
Read MoreAcupuncture and Long Covid
In this interview with Kevin Tracey, a neurobiologist interested in using surgically implanted electrodes to stimulate the vagus nerve, he and his interviewer postulate that Long Covid has autonomic dysfunction as part of the problem. Vagal dysfunction could be from direct infection of the vagus nerve, but it could also be a side effect of…
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