Medical Research

TAVNS and HRV: Statistical Analysis of Studies

Keywords: Bayesian statistics; heart rate variability; meta-analysis; tVNS; transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation. In this study, there was no evidence of TAVNS affecting the vagally...

Electroacupuncture ameliorates intestinal inflammation by activating α7nAChR-mediated JAK2/STAT3 signaling pathway in postoperative ileus.

acupuncture/electroacupuncture can suppress inflammation.  It does this by harnessing the immune system feedbacks.  One of which involves vagal stimulation I’m working on my chapter for...

TAVNS in Mice with Ear Pod improves memory challenges

Ear stimulation for mice This is a bachelor’s degree project of a young scientist in Barcelona.  They study the value of TAVNS, transcutaneous auricular vagal...

Graphene sheet “camera” captures granular electrical activity of a beating heart.

Amazingly, they may be able to look at brain activity in this highly specific way also.  Without the tremendous computing power of our computers, this...

[Effect of electroacupuncture on learning-memory ability and expression of IL-1β, IL-6 and TNF-α in hippocampus and spleen in mice with Alzheimer’s disease

Ynag JY, Jiang J, Tian HL, Wang ZD, Ren JY, Liu H, Li ZG. [Effect of electroacupuncture on learning-memory ability and expression of IL-1β, IL-6...

Neuronal control of skin function: the skin as a neuroimmunoendocrine organ

This article is also part of back up material for my work on the Science of Immunology and how it pertains to acupuncture.  So meaty!!...

Acupuncture and Autonomic Nervous System Regulation

This is what I’ve been studying for years.  I cannot access the article, but I’m fascinated to see that there has been so many animal...

Effects of a Single Session of Acupuncture Treatment on Blood Pressure and Heart Rate Variability in Patients with Mild Hypertension

This is an interesting approach to getting published.  Had I known, I could have published many similar papers.  Good to know!  In all seriousness, maybe...

Key role of CRF (Corticotropin Releasing Factor) in the skin stress response system

I’m stashing this on the blog even though it’s not of immediate pertinence to acupuncture, at least not that I can tell.  It looks that...

Electroacupuncture regulates inflammatory cytokines by activating the vagus nerve to enhance antitumor immunity in mice with breast tumors, Life Sciences,

This should be a big deal?  These animal experiments that look at different immune factors could be irrelevant to humans, but when it comes to...