Tag: acupuncture animal research
Acupuncture Mechanisms for Pain: from Anesthesiology Journal
Concise summary of the current science behind acupuncture’s pain relieving effects, and a definitive endorsement for its use to minimize potentially dangerous pharmaceuticals. full text here Anesthesiology. 2013 Dec 9. [Epub ahead of print] Mechanisms of Acupuncture-Electroacupuncture on Persistent Pain. Zhang R, Lao L, Ren K, Berman BM. Source From the Center for Integrative…
Read MoreAuricular acupunture for seizures: Animal Study
This article is of interest because of the vagal activation incurred by auricular acupuncture. I should use/study it more. Too many projects… Full article here. BMC Neurosci. 2013 Aug 9;14:85. doi: 10.1186/1471-2202-14-85. The auriculo-vagal afferent pathway and its role in seizure suppression in rats. He W, Jing XH, Zhu B, Zhu XL, Li L, Bai…
Read MoreNerve Growth Factor and Dementia: Acupuncture Effects
This is from the lab of Manni et al. I’ve been following his work for awhile because of his work on allergies and acupuncture. My previous post discussed his approach to the topic, also involving Nerve Growth Factor (NGF.) J Alzheimers Dis. 2013;33(3):767-73. doi: 10.3233/JAD-2012-121309. Brain cholinergic markers and Tau phosphorylation are altered in experimental…
Read MoreAcupuncture and HRV in Beagles
They really were careful to only use 3 dogs. This is a collaborative study between China and Austria as is typical of the Litscher group. This is a good example of why this works so well. In China they are able to get around animal issues easier… Free article here. Their results are pretty interesting…
Read MoreCardiovascular Depressor Response: Longhurst Brain Study
Blog has been quiet since I was overseas after attending and presenting at the SAR conference in Ann Arbor. It was a pretty good conference. No big breakthroughs yet, unfortunately, but incremental progress with brain mapping. An interesting forum discussion on electroacupuncture versus manual acupuncture. The upshot was that we don’t have enough evidence yet. …
Read MoreElectroacupuncture and Laser Interventions: HRV in Animals
I had a hand in editing this paper. Happy to see it made it into print! It has some interesting technologies (IV laser blood irradiation, interstitial laser acupuncture), and also electroacupuncture at pericardium 6. Free full article here. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2013;2013:169249. Intravenous laser blood irradiation, interstitial laser acupuncture, and electroacupuncture in an…
Read MoreAcupuncture for Smoking Cessation and fMRI
Nice study looking at a simple treatment for smoking cessation and how the brain images are altered compared to sham acupuncture. They used the same point as the one in these animal studies looking at cocaine and alcohol. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2013 Feb 28. [Epub ahead of print] Neural substrates of acupuncture in the modulation of…
Read MoreReview Article on Mechanisms of Acupuncture for Myofascial Pain
Nice review of the literature and science. Free Article here. Probable mechanisms of needling therapies for myofascial pain control. Chou LW, Kao MJ, Lin JG. Abstract Myofascial pain syndrome (MPS) has been defined as a regional pain syndrome characterized by muscle pain caused by myofascial trigger points (MTrPs) clinically. MTrP is defined as the hyperirritable…
Read MoreElectroacupuncture High Blood Pressure: Mechanisms
This shows that repetitive electroacupuncture at P5-P6 is better than manual acupuncture in increasing metenkephalin, thought to be key in the lowering of blood pressure with acupuncture. I heard Longhurst a year ago and he said that LI 11-10 is just as effective. I’ve discussed his protocol before and would find it difficult to do…
Read MoreAcupuncture Effects on Hippocampal Neuronal Death
This study pertains to stress research and acupuncture, because one of the accepted negatives of stress is its “feed forward” loop on the hippocampus. The hippocampus is involved with aging, and an increase in stress hormones leads to an inability to withstand insults to the brain (hypoxia, etc.) and can lead to accelerated aging of…
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