Still working on my Inflammation Chapter. It is still a hot mess, but I may as well keep introduction this opaque term α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (α7nAChR). It comes up again and again and we all might as well familiarize ourselves
I have always wanted to study this topic. I had thought that if I could make my HRV analysis extremely reliable, I would be able to gauge how effective a treatment was. Maybe I still can! But I am aware
This article is an example of how all systems are interrelated. It is a “law” that in my book I call “it all spins together.” Here we see the close relationship between the immune system (mast cells) and nociception, or
This is a companion article to the previous astragalus article. Though herbal therapy is not my focus, I have been taking an Astragulus compound for over a decade (when I remember, ha ha.) It is a traditional anti-aging herb thought
I’m posting for reference. There are issues with this article so that I’m not quite sure what to make of it. One is that I think there is now some doubt about the free radical theory. Two is that the
It’s hard to know if this is super relevant, but it caught my eye because of the new, pricey, monthly injectable for migraine that targets CGRP. Probably in no way pertinent, but I like to have this nonetheless. Another article
This extremely detailed article on acupuncture-electroacupuncture for persisten pain from 2014 lays out all of the various physiological mechanisms involved in Acupuncture’s effect on pain. I perused it for my writing project, Deep Resilience chapter on Pain. It is SO
This article goes into detail on the mechanisms involved in acupuncture’s effect on the GI tract, which is closely related to my interest in vagal activity in conjunction with acupuncture treatment. Yu Z. Neuromechanism of acupuncture regulating gastrointestinal motility. World J
This article has background material on circuits involved in metabolism and homeostatic mechanisms involved in glucose metabolism with possible applications for obesity. This is not my particular area of expertise, but I do follow the biochemisty of the effects of
This is a fantastic review article on Acupuncture for Parkinson’s. I will summarize it in a subsequent post. It is full of mechanisms and neurotransmitter detail Neural Plast. 2021; 2021: 9926445. Published online 2021 Jun 15. doi: 10.1155/2021/9926445 PMCID: PMC8221898 PMID:
