The National Cancer Institute's conference on acupuncture for symptom management in oncology: state of the science, evidence, and research gaps

FZ Zia, O Olaku, T Bao, A Berger, G Deng… - Journal of the …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, Office of Cancer Complementary
and Alternative Medicine, at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) held a symposium on …

Rewiring the primary somatosensory cortex in carpal tunnel syndrome with acupuncture

Y Maeda, H Kim, N Kettner, J Kim, S Cina, C Malatesta… - Brain, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Carpal tunnel syndrome is the most common entrapment neuropathy, affecting the median
nerve at the wrist. Acupuncture is a minimally-invasive and conservative therapeutic option …

The status of the quality control in acupuncture‐neuroimaging studies

K Qiu, M Jing, R Sun, J Yang, X Liu… - Evidence‐Based …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Using neuroimaging techniques to explore the central mechanism of acupuncture gains
increasing attention, but the quality control of acupuncture‐neuroimaging study remains to …

[HTML][HTML] Altered brain regional homogeneity following contralateral acupuncture at Quchi (LI 11) and Zusanli (ST 36) in ischemic stroke patients with left hemiplegia …

S Chen, D Cai, J Chen, H Yang, L Liu - Chinese Journal of Integrative …, 2020 - Springer
Objective To study the effect of contralateral acupuncture (CAT) at acupoints of Quchi (LI 11)
and Zusanli (ST 36) on the unaffected limbs of ischemic stroke patients with left hemiplegia …

[HTML][HTML] Electroacupuncture Induces Bilateral S1 and ACC Epigenetic Regulation of Genes in a Mouse Model of Neuropathic Pain

X Ping, J Xie, C Yuan, X Jin - Biomedicines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Clinical and animal studies have shown that acupuncture may benefit controlling
neuropathic pain. However, the underlying molecular mechanisms are poorly understood. In …

[HTML][HTML] Improvement in acupoint selection for acupuncture of nerves surrounding the injury site: electro-acupuncture with Governor vessel with local meridian …

G He, J Ruan, Y Zeng, X Zhou, Y Ding… - Neural regeneration …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Peripheral nerve injury not only affects the site of the injury, but can also induce neuronal
apoptosis at the spinal cord. However, many acupuncture clinicians still focus only on the …

Role of TRPV1 in electroacupuncture‐mediated signal to the primary sensory cortex during regulation of the swallowing function

S Yuan, B Qiu, Y Liang, B Deng, J Xu… - CNS Neuroscience …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Aims Electroacupuncture (EA) at the Lianquan (CV23) could alleviate swallowing
dysfunction. However, current knowledge of its neural modulation focused on the brain, with …

A Data Mining Study for Analysis of Acupoint Selection and Combinations in Acupuncture Treatment of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Y He, F Miao, C He, Y Fan, F Zhang, P Yang… - Journal of Pain …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Background Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is the most prevalent upper limb compressive
neuropathy. A considerable number of clinical trials and meta-analyses have provided …

Does the acupoint specificity exist? Evidence from functional neuroimaging studies

K Qiu, T Yin, X Hong, R Sun, Z He, X Liu… - Current Medical …, 2020 - ingentaconnect.com
Background: Using functional neuroimaging techniques to explore the central mechanism of
acupoint specificity, the key of acupuncture theory and clinical practice, has attracted …

[HTML][HTML] Acupuncture modulates the frequency-specific functional connectivity density in primary dysmenorrhea

LY Liu, X Li, ZL Tian, Q Zhang, ZF Shen… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background The study aimed to investigate how acupuncture modulates brain activities
across multiple frequency bands to achieve therapeutic effects in PDM. Methods A total of 47 …