Acupuncture and Neuromodulation: Napadow Editorial
When a White Horse is a Horse:Embracing the (Obvious?) Overlap Between Acupuncture and Neuromodulation As some patients may know, I was going to present at...
Electroacupuncture for Addiction: Animal Study and Orexin
Ancient Medicine Made Modern: Your Path to Resiliency and Long Life This animal study gets closer to the exact mechanism of acupuncture in reward seeking...
Polyvagal Theory and Auricular Acupuncture
Polyvagal theory Oleson Medical Acupuncture This is from a recent issue of Medical Acupuncture and discusses the importance of the vagus nerve in auricular acupuncture. ...
Relationship between regional mast cell activity and peripheral nerve discharges during manual acupuncture stimulation of “Zusanli” (ST 36)
Zhen Ci Yan Jiu. 2013 Apr;38(2):118-22. [Relationship between regional mast cell activity and peripheral nerve discharges during manual acupuncture stimulation of “Zusanli” (ST 36)]. [Article...
Evaluation of Autonomic Nervous System Function Using Heart Rate Variability Analysis During Transient Heart Rate Reduction Caused by Acupuncture.
Ancient Medicine Made Modern: Scientific Solutions for Remarkable Results This article shows that heart rate decreases during 2 minutes of manual stimulation at one acupoint. ...
Nerve Stimulation: Immunomodulation and Control of Inflammation.
Ancient Medicine Made Modern: Your Path to Resiliency and Long Life Immunomodulation and control of inflammation Torres Rosas 4.7.2018 Another great article by Luis Ulloa...
Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Acupuncture Stimulation via the Vagus Nerve, revisited
Ancient Medicine Made Modern: Scientific Solutions, Remarkable Results I am re-posting this from a few years ago. I’m reworking my abstract for the NANS (North...
Mast cells are important regulator of acupoint sensitization via the secretion of tryptase, 5-hydroxytryptamine, and histamine.
Ancient Medicine Made Modern This article gets to the heart of how I’m thinking about acupuncture. There is a school of thought that nerve stimulation...
HRV study: Anti-inflammatory and autonomic effects of electroacupuncture in a rat model of diet-induced obesity
Ancient Wisdom Through the Ages I get asked about acupuncture and obesity so often. My standard reply is that if I could treat obesity I’d...
Mechanism Underlying Acupuncture-Ameliorated Depressive Behaviors by Enhancing Glial Glutamate Transporter in Chronic Unpredictable Mild Stress (CUMS) Rats.
Ancient Medicine Made Modern: Scientific Solutions for Remarkable Results This article is a great example of the preventative effects of acupuncture. They invoke Chronic Unpredictable...