Network, degeneracy and bow tie. Integrating paradigms and architectures to grasp the complexity of the immune system
Fascinating background material for my chapter on the Immune System Tieri P, Grignolio A, Zaikin A, et al. Network, degeneracy and bow tie. Integrating paradigms...
A new model for the HPA axis explains dysregulation of stress hormones on the timescale of weeks.
This study seeks to understand how the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, or HPA, can become so dysregulated. What they found is that the actual size or mass...
Effects of acupuncture and moxibustion on serum contents of hematopoietic growth factor in mice with marrow inhibition
North Lake, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. This acupuncture approach to bolstering deficient blood cell counts with chemotherapy, something that limits how much treatment a...
Somato-Autonomic Effects of Acupuncture
North Lake, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. Reading this article makes me extremely motivated to get back to my writing project!! This is part of...
A guide to Chemokines and Their Receptors
I’m posting this here to have as a reference for the immune system-acupuncture link. A guide to chemokines and their receptors Catherine E Hughes 1, Robert J...
Stress and Tinnitus; Transcutaneous Auricular Vagal Nerve Stimulation Attenuates Tinnitus-Triggered Stress Reaction
Rear view of a male athlete with his arms outstretched, looking out over a mountain with the sun shining on him Study from Helsinki on...
Supraspinal Mechanisms of Spinal Cord Stimulation for Modulation of Pain: Five Decades of Research and Prospects for the Future
Data Makes the Difference https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6338535/ Anesthesiology. Anesthesiology. 2019 Apr; 130(4): 651–665. Supraspinal Mechanisms of Spinal Cord Stimulation for Modulation of Pain: Five Decades of Research...
Acupuncture promotes mTOR-independent autophagic clearance of aggregation-prone proteins in mouse brain
Ancient Medicine Made Modern: Clinical Stories This study is a bit complicated. They look at acupuncture at GB 34 and its effect on autophagy, dopamine...