Tag: acupuncture and brain research
Electro Acupuncture Improves Gastric Motility Through Vagal Activity
One more strategy to implement and study in the quest for vagal enhancement! Discussion of a similar strategy here using abdominal points Liv13, Liv14 and abdominal GB points. World J Gastroenterol. 2015 Dec 28;21(48):13480-9. Neural mechanism of gastric motility regulation by electroacupuncture at RN12 and BL21: A paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus-dorsal vagal complex-vagus nerve-gastric channel…
Read MoreHypothalamus and Amygdala Response to Acupuncture Stimuli in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
This article is almost 10 years old, but apparently I’ve never posted it on the blog. It’s pertinent to the autonomic piece of the puzzle that I’m trying to solve re:acupuncture results. Hypothalamus and Amygdala Response to Acupuncture Stimuli in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome V Napadow,1,2 N Kettner,2 J Liu,1 M Li,1 KK Kwong,1 M Vangel,1 N Makris,3 J Audette,4 and KKS Hui1 Abstract Brain…
Read MoreResearch Casting Doubt on Acupuncture
Through some web searching, I was able to find a copy of this paper that’s not behind a subscription firewall. These kinds of papers have been coming out for decades. It’s a safe bet as a journalist to criticize acupuncture, it’s a kiss up kick down, comforting the comfortable gambit. There are no heavy hitters…
Read MoreAcupuncture Effective For Anxiety: Near Infrared Spectroscopy Study
Clinically, Acupuncture helps anxiety disorder in patients. Indeed, this was one of the more profound results I noted early in my Acupuncture practice. This study shows what is happening in the brain. My studies explore the autonomic balance. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26782225 Adv Exp Med Biol. 2016;876:297-302. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-3023-4_37. Effects of Acupuncture on Anxiety Levels and Prefrontal Cortex…
Read MoreAcupuncture and Insomnia
A very nice review of the hazards of insomnia and the research behind acupuncture’s effectiveness to treat it.Insomnia and Acupuncture ” the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, five kinds of spirits inhabit the five zang-organs (heart, liver, lung, spleen and kidney). Each kind of spirit has a corresponding physiological function. The five zang-organs are unable…
Read MoreBrain Physiology Behind Electroacupuncture’s Modulating Effect on Blood Pressure
Nice. This article appears in Nature, quite a coup. There is a lot about this paper that surprises me. Perhaps I’m just not familiar enough with this type of experimental set up, and haven’t been aware of these studies. What they found was that naloxone interfered with the suppression of blood pressure by electroacupuncture…
Read MoreAcupressure for Breast Cancer Fatigue
The International Congress on Integrative Medicine and Health (ICIMH) Green Valley Ranch Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA OA02.01 Differential Effects of Two Acupressure Point Combinations on Brain Neurochemistry and Connectivity in Breast Cancer Survivors with Persistent Fatigue Richard Harris, Johnson Hampson, Eric Ichesco, Suzanna Zick University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States Purpose: Persistent…
Read MoreAcupuncture Aids Sleep in the Elderly
Given that poor sleep can accelerate dementia, this is an important and newsworthy study. Neurosci Lett. 2015 Feb 5;587:35-40. doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2014.12.016. Epub 2014 Dec 12. Acupuncture for sleep quality, BDNF levels and immunosenescence: a randomized controlled study. Zuppa C1, Prado CH1, Wieck A1, Zaparte A1, Barbosa A1, Bauer ME2. Author information 1Laboratory of Immunosenescence, Institute…
Read MoreAcupuncture & Neuro Endocrine Immune Network
A review article from China. Good stuff! Plus free full text link below. Substantial evidence has shown that the skin is a neuroimmunoendocrine organ; the body skin is rich in nervous, endocrine, immune tissues structurally, and closely associated with these three systems in function. And exogenous noxious stimuli to the skin can affect the NEI…
Read MoreAcupuncture Stimulation and EEG fMRI
Carefully done study in healthy volunteers looking at stimulation of St36 compared to nonacupuncture points. Mu wavelength increases with acupuncture stim, not with stim to nonacupuncture points. This suggests that there is a pain inhibitory effect through the mu activity that is triggered by acupuncture at acupuncture points, but not at nearby points. Full…
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