Abstract Background According to traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) theory, acupoints are
specifically chosen sites of acupuncture manipulation, and also the basis for studying the …

Background: Acupuncture treatment has been employed in China for over 2500 years and it
is used worldwide as analgesia in acute and chronic pain. Acupuncture is also used in …

Activation of microglia and the subsequently elevated inflammatory cytokine release in the
brain during surgery predispose individuals to cognitive dysfunction, also known as …

Background Circulation dysfunction is a major contributing factor to thrombosis in patients
with atrial fibrillation (AF) for which effective interventions are lacking. Growing evidence …

Studies have revealed that apelin is a novel multifunctional peptide implicated both in blood
pressure (BP) regulation and cardiac function control. Evidence shows that apelin and its …

Electroacupuncture (EA) improves hypothalamic‐pituitary‐adrenal (HPA) axis disorder by
reducing corticotropin‐releasing hormone (CRH) synthesis and release in the …

We aimed to compare the differences of the effects on chronic myocardial ischemia (MI) of
acupuncture at PC6 and ST36. The chronic MI model of minipigs was created by implanting …

Hypocretin/orexin-producing neurons, located in the perifornical region of the lateral
hypothalamus area (LHA) and projecting to the brain sites of rostral ventrolateral medulla …

Background Acupuncture and moxibustion are used to treat pruritus and atopic dermatitis.
However, whether cold stimulation (defined as that the temperature conducted under skin …

Background: To determine the effects of post-treatment electroacupuncture (EA) on the
electrophysiological properties of ventricular muscle in rats with ischemia/reperfusion (IR) …