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Bee Updated: Current Knowledge on Bee Venom and Bee Envenoming Therapy

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6743376/ Front Immunol. 2019; 10: 2090. Published online 2019 Sep 6. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2019.02090 PMCID: PMC6743376 PMID: 31552038 Bee Updated: Current Knowledge on Bee Venom and Bee...

Involvement of TRPV1 Channels in Energy Homeostasis

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6079260/ Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2018; 9: 420. Published online 2018 Jul 31. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2018.00420 PMCID: PMC6079260 PMID: 30108548 Involvement of TRPV1 Channels in Energy Homeostasis Stewart Christie,1 Gary A. Wittert,1,2 Hui...

Vagal Afferent Modulation of Nociception

Vagal Afferent Modulation of Nociception A Randich 1, G F Gebhart Affiliations expand PMID: 1327371 DOI: 10.1016/0165-0173(92)90009-b Abstract Chemical, electrical or physiological activation of cardiopulmonary vagal (cervical, thoracic or cardiac),...

Effect of electroacupuncture on SIRT1/NF-κB signaling pathway in adipose tissue of obese rats

Data Makes the Difference This is a key article. Because Chinese Medicine has had longevity as part of its charter forever, this may be a...

Mast Cell-Mediated Mechanisms of Nociception

Ancient Medicine Made Modern: Scientific Solutions for Remarkable Results This is an exhaustive look at the different mechanisms involved in mast cell activation and how...

Inflammation: From Depression to Dementia Inflammation is the New Frontier

Data Makes the Difference Another “welcome to my world” article about how inflammation is related to mental conditions from depression to dementia.  “The barrier between...

IL-6: a cytokine at the crossroads of autoimmunity

Ancient Medicine Made Modern I am linking to this  as background for a writing project.  Il-6 is mentioned quite a bit as part of the...

Gut Microbiota Regulates Depression-Like Behavior in Rats Through the Neuroendocrine-Immune-Mitochondrial Pathway.

Though this journal article isn’t directly related to acupuncture per se, the neurendocrine-immune-mitochondrial pathway is quite similar.  The depression model in rats is pretty awful....

Vagus Nerve Stimulation and Neurotrophins: a biological psychiatric perspective

Data Makes the Difference Ok.  A whole new area of brain chemistry I wasn’t aware of.  I’m not even sure where Neurotrophins are found.  Will...

Corona Virus Cases Per Day California

Notice that deaths do not look to be decreasing as fast.  From what I understand, they lag cases, so we may still have cause for...