I’ve been making my way through the Napadow paper mentioned here and here. It is a remarkable piece of research because it not only links individual acupuncture points to their fMRI profile, but also to their ANS response and to
Shameless self promotion. I will copy the paragraph from Vitaly Napadow’s most recent paper (discussed here) with a mention of MY study. The link to MY study here…; (just joking…) In this study, we have, for the first time,
The authors conclude that this gives some theoretical basis for using acupuncture for cerebral injury in children. I wonder if it could also give some theoretical basis for use in clinically depressed patients. In this article from the NYTimes discussing
A nice study from University of Maryland from Lixing Lao who does all around excellent work, but is particularly interested in using rat arthritis models to explore the mechanisms of acupuncture. I’ve discussed his work here and here among other citations. The abstract
Vitaly Napadow has another paper looking at the ANS (Autonomic Nervous System) and acupuncture in conjunction with brain imaging. I’ve highlighted some of Napadow’s work here and here, he shares my interest in the ANS and acupuncture. (If you put
This is an interesting study performed in rats showing that the inhibitory effect on micturition (urination) by acupuncture takes place in the brainstem. This is surprising to me, since I would have thought it was more of a spinal reflex/gating
Another HRV study by Litscher and his team in China. A previous post, “Part I” described HRV analysis in rats for seizures. This article explores acupuncture in patients with insomnia. Unfortunately they don’t report on how the patients’ insomnia symptoms
This is another Litscher study, full text article for free here. He has done a series of articles on HRV and acupuncture which we have discussed here, here, here, and here. This one is the first to use animal data.
(No posting due to travel the last two weeks, thought I could do some but I didn’t see too much in the news and my schedule chaotic.) I did a series of posts about Litscher’s work here, here and here.
We’ve seen a number of studies on acupuncture and the immune system and its effect on cellular immunity(Nerve growth factor and electroacupuncture), moxabustion and cytokine production, basophils and acupuncture for eczema, and some theoretical studies on stress and immunity but
