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  6. In the Central Nervous System there exist two major modes of communication, synaptic and volume transmission. A major mechanism for integration of synaptic and volume transmission signals is represented by all...

    Authors: Kjell Fuxe, Belen Gago, Diana Suarez-Boomgaard, Manuel Narvaez, Luigi F. Agnati, Kamila Skieterska, Kathleen Van Craenenbroeck, Alicia Rivera and Dasiel O. Borroto-Escuela
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2015 8:8060013
    Content type: Conference Abstracts Published on:

  9. Dispite widely recognized benefits of acupuncture (AP) for cancer symptom control, few cancer centers in the U.S> routinely provide this service. Complexities include credentialing and privileging of non-physi...

    Authors: Lora M. A. Thompson and Peter A. S. Johnstone
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2015 8:8060010
    Content type: Conference Abstracts Published on:

  10. We showed that the brain areas such as the thalamus, insula and anterior cingulate cortex were activated by heating the tail of monkeys in 47°C water and those activations were suppressed by electroacupuncture...

    Authors: Torao Ishida
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2015 8:8060009
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  11. Subtraction of functional magnetic resonance imaging activity data results in a loss of information regarding possible general patterns of brain activation under experimental conditions. We, hence, reanalyzed ...

    Authors: Gustav Wik, Yong Huang, Tongjun Zeng, Shanshan Qu, Yu Zheng, Jiping Zhang, Xinsheng Lai, Chunzhi Tang and Baoci Shan
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2015 9:9010005
    Content type: Brief Report Published on:

  12. The aim of this study was to investigate the short-term effect of acupression at the H7 point on sleep quality during pregnancy. After oral consent had been obtained, the midwife invited the women claiming to ...

    Authors: Isabella Neri, Raffaele Bruno, Giulia Dante and Fabio Facchinetti
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2015 9:9010003
    Content type: Research Article Published on:

  14. Acupuncture points have a notable characteristic in that they have a higher density of mast cells (MCs) compared with nonacupoints in the skin, which is consistent with the augmentation of the immune function ...

    Authors: Yeong-Yung Yoo, Goo-Eun Jung, Hee-Min Kwon, Kyoung-Hee Bae, Sang-Joon Cho and Kwang-Sup Soh
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2015 8:8060001
    Content type: Research Article Published on:

  16. Until recently, the primo vascular system (PVS) has been unnoticed by most anatomists due to the small diameter and translucent features of the threadlike network. These properties make primo vessels (PVs) dif...

    Authors: Carlson Eric, Gustavo Perez-Abadia, Staci Adams, Jin Z. Zhang, Kyung A. Kang and Claudio Maldonado
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2015 8:8060003
    Content type: Research Article Published on:

  24. Nowadays, acupuncture is widely used to manage pain, and childbirth is a condition requiring appropriate pain management interventions. The efficacy of acupuncture in the management of labor pain has recently ...

    Authors: Nasrin Asadi, Najmeh Maharlouei, Azadeh Khalili, Yalda Darabi, Sarah Davoodi, Hadi Raeisi Shahraki, Mohammadjavad Hadianfard, Azam Jokar, Homeira Vafaei and Maryam Kasraeian
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2015 8:8050006
    Content type: Clinical Case Report Published on:

  26. Pain behavior and awareness are characterized by heightened alertness and anxiety, which begin to disappear as soon as the curative process starts. The present study aimed to quantify c-fos expression in rat s...

    Authors: André T. A. Gonçalves de Freitas, Lino Lemonica, Julio De Faveri, Sergio Pereira and Maria D. Bedoya Henao
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2015 9:9010004
    Content type: Research Article Published on:

  27. Pain is an enormous and prevalent problem that troubles people of all ages worldwide. The effectiveness of acupuncture for pain management has been strongly verified by large randomized controlled trials (RCTs...

    Authors: Zhipeng Ning and Lixing Lao
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2015 8:8050010
    Content type: Perspective Published on:

  28. We used for the first time a vascular casting material to take advantage of a simple tracing procedure and to isolate the peculiar features of acupuncture point injections. The polymer Mercox was injected into...

    Authors: Jungdae Kim, Miroslav Stefanov, Min-Ho Nam and Sungchul Kim
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2015 8:8060006
    Content type: Research Article Published on:

  29. This study investigated whether a meridian-like distribution of Alcian blue (AB) existed after it was injected into a fish’s body and suggested a new animal model for meridian study. Twenty Gephyrocharax melanoch...

    Authors: Ze Wang, Weibo Zhang, Shuyong Jia, Yuying Tian, Guangjun Wang and Hongyan Li
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2015 8:8060005
    Content type: Research Article Published on:

  31. This study evaluated the effectiveness of YinTang and ChengJiang acupoints on patients with cardiac arrhythmia and neurocardiogenic syncope in emergency first aid. A 45 year old woman underwent acupuncture. She h...

    Authors: Saulo Fabrin, Nayara Soares, Daiana Pezarezi Yoshimura, Simone Cecilio Hallak Regalo, Edson Donizetti Verri, Jacqueline Rodrigues de Freitas Vianna, Eloisa Maria Gatti Regueiro and Josie Resende Torres da Silva
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2015 9:9010006
    Content type: Clinical Case Report Published on:

  33. Primary dysmenorrhea is the most common gynecological symptom reported by women and constitutes a high health, social, and economic burden. Chemotherapies, along with their side effects, have not yielded satis...

    Authors: Ukachukwu Okoroafor Abaraogu and Chidinma Samantha Tabansi-Ochuogu
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2015 8:8050002
    Content type: Review Article Published on:

  35. The therapeutic strategy against autism, a severe neurological development disorder, is one of the challenges of this decade. Recent findings show that oxidative stress plays a crucial role on the pathophysiol...

    Authors: Jurairat Khongrum and Jintanaporn Wattanathorn
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2015 8:8040003
    Content type: Research Article Published on:

  36. For tracking the primo vascular system, we observed the primo vessels in vivo in situ using the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) response in the lymphatic vessels of a rabbit. Injection of LPS (200 µg/kg) into the lymph ...

    Authors: Hye-Rie Lee, Min-Suk Rho, Ye-Ji Hong, Yae-Eun Ha, Ji-Young Kim, Young-Il Noh, Do-Young Park, Chang-Kyu Kim, Eun-Jung Kim, In-Ho Jang, Suk-Yun Kang and Sang-Suk Lee
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2015 8:8060004
    Content type: Research Article Published on:

  38. In this article, we aim to enlighten practitioners and patients involved with acupressure beads and to contribute to their safer use by reporting a unique case of insidious intrusion of an acupressure bead int...

    Authors: Kazunori Igarashi, Yu Matsumoto and Akinobu Kakigi
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2015 8:8040005
    Content type: Clinical Case Report Published on:

  39. A previous study demonstrated that acupuncture at ST36 (Zu-San-Li) attenuates ethanol withdrawal (EW)-induced hyperactivation of the Hypothalamic—Pituitary—Adrenal axis in rats. The current study investigated ...

    Authors: Zheng Lin Zhao, Sang Chan Kim, Jie Zhang, Hong Feng Liu, Bong Hyo Lee, Eun Young Jang, Chul Won Lee, Il Je Cho, Won G. An, Chae Ha Yang, Young Woo Kim, Rong Jie Zhao and Yi Yan Wu
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2015 9:9010002
    Content type: Research Article Published on:

  40. The primo vascular system (PVS), which is the proposed conduit for the acupuncture Qi, is a complex network distributed throughout an animal’s body. However, even with a microscope, it is not easily detectable...

    Authors: Su Youn Park, Sharon Jiyoon Jung, Kyoung-Hee Bae and Kwang-Sup Soh
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2015 8:8060007
    Content type: Technical Notes Published on:

  41. Previous studies revealed that acupuncture suppressed both morphine self-administration and morphine-seeking behavior after abstinence. Based on these results, this study examined whether acupuncture attenuate...

    Authors: Bong Hyo Lee, Rong Jie Zhao, Byung Gwon Lee, Nam Jun Kim, Chae Ha Yang, Hee Young Kim, Young S. Gwak, Sung Chul Lim, Jae Su Kim, Yun Kyu Lee and Hyun Jong Lee
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2015 8:8040002
    Content type: Research Article Published on:

  42. Mast cells (MCs) play a major role in allergic reactions. Surprisingly, the acupuncture points have a higher density of MCs compared with nonacupoints in the skin, which is consistent with the augmentation of ...

    Authors: HyunJi Gil, Kyoung-Hee Bae, LiJung Kim, SungChul Kim and Kwang-Sup Soh
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2015 8:8060002
    Content type: Research Article Published on:

  44. After an excursus on state-of-the-art knowledge for low-level laser therapy (LLLT), Bio-lite, a patented ultra-low-level laser therapy device used to treat musculoskeletal pain and associated impairments, is p...

    Authors: Michele Gallamini, Giovanni D’Angelo and Gabriele Belloni
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2015 8:8040001
    Content type: Review Article Published on:

  46. Acupuncture is one of the oldest forms of the natural healing arts. The exact mechanisms of action are unknown at this time; however, current theories to explain the benefits experienced after acupuncture incl...

    Authors: Jordan A. Gliedt, Clinton J. Daniels and Adam Wuollet
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2015 8:8050009
    Content type: Perspective Published on:

  47. Scolopendra extracts were used for pharmacopuncture at the Kidney 1 acupoint to investigate the role of Scolopendra pharmacopuncture (SPP) in both the development and maintenance of neuropathic pain induced by L5...

    Authors: Chengjin Li, Byeong Uk Ji, Ji Eun Lee, Min Young Park, Sungchul Kim, Seung Tae Kim and Sungtae Koo
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2015 8:8050004
    Content type: Research Article Published on:

  48. So far, most research attempts to explain the mechanism of the action of acupuncture have focused mostly on mechanically-triggered active factors and have produced inconclusive findings. In this study, we inve...

    Authors: Raphael J. Hochstrasser, P. Christian Endler and Sabine D. Klein
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2014 8:8040006
    Content type: Perspective Published on:

  49. In this study, the effects of acupuncture in comparison with flat occlusal plane appliance were evaluated in patient with myogenic temporomandibular dysfunction (TMD). The sample consisted of 40 women with TMD...

    Authors: Cássia Maria Grillo, Giancarlo De la Torre Canales, Ronaldo Seichi Wada, Marcelo Corrêa Alves, Célia Marisa Rizzatti Barbosa, Fausto Berzin and Maria da Luz Rosário de Sousa
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2014 8:8040004
    Content type: Research Article Published on:

  50. This study compared the efficacies of acupuncture and anti-inflammatory treatment in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). Fifty patients with mild to moderate CTS were randomly divided into two groups. ...

    Authors: Mohammadjavad Hadianfard, Esmaeel Bazrafshan, Hadi Momeninejad and Navid Jahani
    Citation: Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2014 8:8050003
    Content type: Research Article Published on:
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