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Transcutaneous Electrical Acupoint Stimulation Pretreatment Alleviates Cerebral Ischemia–Reperfusion Injury in Rats by Modulating Microglia Polarization and Neuroinflammation Through Nrf2/HO-1 Signaling Pathway
Cerebral ischemia–reperfusion injury (CIRI) may lead to severe disability even death, but the strategies for prevention and treatment are still...
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Delivering transcutaneous auricular neurostimulation (tAN) to improve symptoms associated with opioid withdrawal: results from a prospective clinical trial
BackgroundAs pharmacological treatments are the primary option for opioid use disorder, neuromodulation has recently demonstrated efficacy in...
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Non-invasive neuromodulation: an emerging intervention for visceral pain in gastrointestinal disorders
Gastrointestinal (GI) disorders, which extend from the esophagus to the anus, are the most common diseases of the GI tract. Among these disorders,...
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Involvement of Opioid Peptides in the Analgesic Effect of Spinal Cord Stimulation in a Rat Model of Neuropathic Pain
Spinal cord stimulation (SCS)-induced analgesia was characterized, and its underlying mechanisms were examined in a spared nerve injury model of...
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Analgesic Effects of Acupuncture on Orofacial Pain
Orofacial pain includes trigeminal neuralgia, headache, migraine, painful temporomandibular dysfunction, toothache, and other oral and facial pain....
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Paired mechanical and electrical acupuncture of neurogenic spots induces opioid-mediated suppression of hypertension in rats
While our recent studies have suggested that effective acupoints display neurogenic inflammation and can be identified as neurogenic spots...
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Acupuncture and Related Techniques for Perioperative Care of Surgical Patients
Because of its “drug-free” analgesic effect, acupuncture has re-sparked the interest of western medical practitioners. Although western anesthesia...
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Beneficial Effect of Acupuncture on Depressive Disorders
Depression is a major mental illness which affects approximately 7% of the world’s population. However, the common treatments for clinical depression...
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Electro-Acupuncture Pretreatment Ameliorates Anesthesia and Surgery-Induced Cognitive Dysfunction Via Inhibiting Mitochondrial Injury and nEuroapoptosis in Aged Rats
AbstractPostoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) remains one of the most common complications following anesthesia and surgery (AS) in the elderly...
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Referred Somatic Hyperalgesia Mediates Cardiac Regulation by the Activation of Sympathetic Nerves in a Rat Model of Myocardial Ischemia
Myocardial ischemia (MI) causes somatic referred pain and sympathetic hyperactivity, and the role of sensory inputs from referred areas in cardiac...
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Itch and the Antipruritic Effect of Acupuncture
Itch is a common sensory experience that causes a desire to scratch; however, chronic itch, which is prevalent in some patients with skin disease or...
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Different interventions for preventing postoperative catheter-related bladder discomfort: a systematic review and meta-analysis
ObjectiveCatheter-related bladder discomfort (CRBD) is a common complication of intraoperative urinary catheterization. Various studies have...
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Peripheral receptors and neuromediators involved in the antihyperalgesic effects of acupuncture: a state-of-the-art review
The present study aims to describe state-of-the-art of preclinical studies that have investigated peripheral receptors and neuromediators involved in...
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Pain
Pain is one of the most common causes of suffering. The physiological function of pain is to alert the body of potentially noxious conditions...
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Use of electroacupuncture and transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation in reproductive medicine: a group consensus
With the rapid development of assisted reproductive technology, various reproductive disorders have been effectively addressed. Acupuncture-like...
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Effect of transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation combined with palonosetron on chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting: a single-blind, randomized, controlled trial
BackgroundChemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting adversely affects the quality of life of patients who receive chemotherapy via intravenous...
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Effects of body mass index on the outcomes of in vitro fertilization in Chinese patients with polycystic ovary syndrome: a retrospective cohort study
ObjectiveTo investigate the effects of body mass index (BMI) on the outcomes of in vitro fertilization (IVF) in Chinese patients with polycystic...
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Electroacupuncture attenuated cerebral ischemic injury and neuroinflammation through α7nAChR-mediated inhibition of NLRP3 inflammasome in stroke rats
BackgroundOur previous research confirmed that electroacupuncture (EA) stimulus elicits neuroprotective effects against cerebral ischemic injury...
