This paper Cardiovascular functions of central corticotropin [PMIDP30922523]details the state of the knowledge of the various peptides involved in stress signaling in the brain. The group is interested in acupuncture, but identified no specific directions of research involving acupuncture. Since
I forgot to celebrate my 10 year blog birthday in the newsletter or online. This was the inaugural post from February 2009. I have over 1100 blog posts. Is that a lot? A little? I don’t know how to measure…
I assume that the reason that there is an entire journal devoted to the hippocampus(!) is that it is essential to memory and laying down new memories. So to focus on the workings of the hippocampus, and optimizing its function
This study reinforces the brain/gut relationship that is key to understanding and treating GI problems. Here, they look at HRV in conjunction with experimentally induced Irritable Bowel Syndrome in animals. Arch Med Sci. 2017 Feb 1;13(1):246-255. doi: 10.5114/aoms.2015.55147. Epub 2016
After I used TAVNS on these patients in the same day, I realized they had some things in common. Both very athletic and hard workers. One patient comes in for hot flashes/Pms, the other anxiety. Both of them had a
Sci Rep. 2017 Jul 28;7(1):6820. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-07306-5. Full text here This graph jumped out at me. “Abnormalities in lipid metabolism, including significantly elevated LDL/VLDL and cholesterol, have been observed in the serum of normal weight migraine patients39 and pregnant migraineurs40.
This is data from a new patient’s first visit. She has a hypersensitive vagal response, so can feel ill/nauseated and dizzy under certain conditions. This case may prove to be out an outlier of what I usually see in the
This is some background material for a paper I’m preparing doing a “deep dive” into what is known about acupuncture and TAVNS and the autonomic nervous system and possible clinical relevance. Clinical relevance of Heart Rate Variability Measures in
This is an almost picture perfect example of an overall decrease in stress levels with acupuncture. This, of course, does not always happen. But this data illustrates a few aspects evaluating the data that I’ve been interested in. Her overall
This is the subsequent visits from this patient. He’s feeling better, with less anxiety. As we mentioned before, because of his relative high RMSSD and Pnn50, the DFAα1 can be more representative of the autonomic response. So you can see
