This article shows that acupuncture point stimulation does not use neural transmission only. This may be important in devising more comprehensive models to explain acupuncture effects. Chin J Integr Med. 2013 May;19(5):330-9. Understanding propagated sensation along meridians by volume transmission
They use salivary cortisol and IgA to track efficacy of acupuncture for shoulder pain. Nice! Multivariate quantification of acupuncture and moxibustion treatment in combination with questionnaire and salivary stress markers. Yakugaku Zasshi. 2014;134(5):655-63Matzno S1, Ikeda C, Watanabe K, Nakamura R,
Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2014;2014:329746. Epub 2014 Mar 23. Full article here. Can tongue acupuncture enhance body acupuncture? First results from heart rate variability and clinical scores in patients with depression. Shi X1, Wang H1, Wang L2, Zhao Z1,
This recent study uses a sepsis mouse model to show that dopamine can mimic the anti-inflammatory effects of electroacupuncture. The first thing astonishing thing about this article, is that it accepts the anti-inflammatory effects of acupuncture as settled science
This shows that electroacupuncture improved gastric emptying and HRV (HF) in rats. Nice. Neurogastroenterol Motil. 2013 Oct;25(10):807-e635. doi: 10.1111/nmo.12183. Epub 2013 Jul 12. Electroacupuncture improves burn-induced impairment in gastric motility mediated via the vagal mechanism in rats. Song J1, Yin
This study by Agatha Colbert is interesting for a few reasons. 1. She seems to be correlating moxibustion not only with clinical outcomes but with HRV. As much as I write about that here, it is quite rare to correlate
Study showing how the brain reacts differently to acupuncture in subjects with carpal tunnel disease and healthy controls. Med Acupunct. 2013 Aug;25(4):275-284. Acupuncture Evoked Response in Contralateral Somatosensory Cortex Reflects Peripheral Nerve Pathology of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. Maeda Y1, Kettner
Another example of acupuncture increasing vagal tone and leading to decreased systemic inflammation. Dopamine mediates vagal modulation of the immune system by electroacupuncture Rafael Torres-Rosas,1, 2, Ghassan Yehia,1, Geber Peña,1, Full text hereDopamine Mediates the Vagal Modulation of the
Much to my astonishment, I won an award for my poster project. Here is the final project.Poster final Handout for AAMA brochure format
I am posting data to supplement my poster. Data for web from study 4.8.14
