MeSH Review:
Electroacupuncture
- Rapid tolerance to focal cerebral ischemia in rats is induced by preconditioning with electroacupuncture: window of protection and the role of adenosine. Wang, Q., Xiong, L., Chen, S., Liu, Y., Zhu, X. Neurosci. Lett. (2005)
- Changes of expression of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor and its receptor in dorsal root ganglions and spinal dorsal horn during electroacupuncture treatment in neuropathic pain rats. Dong, Z.Q., Ma, F., Xie, H., Wang, Y.Q., Wu, G.C. Neurosci. Lett. (2005)
- Suppressive effect of acupuncture on delayed type hypersensitivity to trinitrochlorobenzene and involvement of opiate receptors. Kasahara, T., Wu, Y., Sakurai, Y., Oguchi, K. Int. J. Immunopharmacol. (1992)
- Downregulation of electroacupuncture at ST36 on TNF-alpha in rats with ulcerative colitis. Tian, L., Huang, Y.X., Tian, M., Gao, W., Chang, Q. World J. Gastroenterol. (2003)
- Non-opioid-dependent anti-inflammatory effects of low frequency electroacupuncture. Zhang, S.P., Zhang, J.S., Yung, K.K., Zhang, H.Q. Brain Res. Bull. (2004)
- Effects of electroacupuncture on the pain threshold and the NMDA R1 mRNA in DRG on neuropathic pain rats. Chen, W., Yang, J., Shi, J., Liu, X., Guan, X. Journal of Huazhong University of Science and Technology. Medical sciences = Hua zhong ke ji da xue xue bao. Yi xue Ying De wen ban = Huazhong keji daxue xuebao. Yixue Yingdewen ban. (2003)
- Change of Leu-enkephalin- and B-endorphin-like immunoreactivity in the hippocampus after electroconvulsive shock and electroacupuncture. He, X.P., Chen, B.Y., Zhu, J.M., Cao, X.D. Acupuncture & electro-therapeutics research. (1989)
- Effects of dexamethasone on electroacupuncture analgesia and central nervous system metabolism. Liu, J.Z., Huang, Y.H., Hand, P.J. Acupuncture & electro-therapeutics research. (1988)
- Immunoassayable beta-endorphin level in the plasma and CSF of heroin addicted and normal subjects before and after electroacupuncture. Wen, H.L., Ho, W.K., Ling, N., Mehal, Z.D., Ng, Y.H. Am. J. Chin. Med. (1980)
- Gastric electrical stimulation with short pulses reduces vomiting but not dysrhythmias in dogs. Chen, J.D., Qian, L., Ouyang, H., Yin, J. Gastroenterology (2003)
- Increased beta-endorphin but not met-enkephalin levels in human cerebrospinal fluid after acupuncture for recurrent pain. Clement-Jones, V., McLoughlin, L., Tomlin, S., Besser, G.M., Rees, L.H., Wen, H.L. Lancet (1980)
- Electroacupuncture and peripheral beta-endorphin and ACTH levels. Malizia, E., Andreucci, G., Paolucci, D., Crescenzi, F., Fabbri, A., Fraioli, F. Lancet (1979)
- A sustained, non-insulin related, hypoglycaemic effect of electroacupuncture in diabetic Psammomys obesus. Shapira, M.Y., Appelbaum, E.Y., Hirshberg, B., Mizrahi, Y., Bar-On, H., Ziv, E. Diabetologia (2000)
- An insulin-dependent hypoglycaemia induced by electroacupuncture at the Zhongwan (CV12) acupoint in diabetic rats. Chang, S.L., Lin, J.G., Chi, T.C., Liu, I.M., Cheng, J.T. Diabetologia (1999)
- Interaction of diazepam and naloxone on acupuncture induced pain relief. Eriksson, S.V., Lundeberg, T., Lundeberg, S. Am. J. Chin. Med. (1991)
- Electroacupuncture ameliorates experimental colitis induced by acetic acid in rat. Kang, J.W., Kim, T.W., La, J.H., Sung, T.S., Kim, H.J., Kwon, Y.B., Kim, J.Y., Yang, I.S. J. Vet. Sci. (2004)
- Effect of taurine in combination with electroacupuncture on neuronal damage following transient focal cerebral ischemia in rats. Guo, J., Li, R., Zhao, P., Cheng, J. Acupuncture & electro-therapeutics research. (2002)
- Suppressive effects of central opioids on delayed type hypersensitivity to trinitrochlorobenzene: comparative study with morphine and electroacupuncture. Kasahara, T., Sakurai, Y., Amemiya, M., Oguchi, K., Hisamitsu, T. In Vivo (1995)
- Prolonged inhibition of rostral ventral lateral medullary premotor sympathetic neurons by electroacupuncture in cats. Tjen-A-Looi, S.C., Li, P., Longhurst, J.C. Autonomic neuroscience : basic & clinical. (2003)
- The distribution of brain-stem and spinal cord nuclei associated with different frequencies of electroacupuncture analgesia. Lee, J.H., Beitz, A.J. Pain (1993)
- Activation of anterior lobe corticotrophs by electroacupuncture or noxious stimulation in the anaesthetized rat, as shown by colocalization of Fos protein with ACTH and beta-endorphin and increased hormone release. Pan, B., Castro-Lopes, J.M., Coimbra, A. Brain Res. Bull. (1996)
- Modulation of the sleep state-dependent P50 midlatency auditory-evoked potential by electric stimulation of acupuncture points. Bray, P.A., Mamiya, N., Fann, A.V., Gellman, H., Skinner, R.D., Garcia-Rill, E.E. Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation. (2005)
- Reciprocal actions of acupoints on gastrointestinal peristalsis during electroacupuncture in mice. Xu, F., Chen, R. Journal of traditional Chinese medicine = Chung i tsa chih ying wen pan / sponsored by All-China Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine. (1999)
- Excitatory amino acid receptor antagonists and electroacupuncture synergetically inhibit carrageenan-induced behavioral hyperalgesia and spinal fos expression in rats. Zhang, Y.Q., Ji, G.C., Wu, G.C., Zhao, Z.Q. Pain (2002)
- Acupuncture mechanisms in rabbits studied with microinjection of antibodies against beta-endorphin, enkephalin and substance P. Han, J.S., Xie, G.X., Zhou, Z.F., Folkesson, R., Terenius, L. Neuropharmacology (1984)
- Immunity and beta-endorphin concentrations in hypothalamus and plasma in rats with steroid-induced polycystic ovaries: effect of low-frequency electroacupuncture. Stener-Victorin, E., Lindholm, C. Biol. Reprod. (2004)
- Potentiation of Akt and suppression of caspase-9 activations by electroacupuncture after transient middle cerebral artery occlusion in rats. Wang, S.J., Omori, N., Li, F., Jin, G., Zhang, W.R., Hamakawa, Y., Sato, K., Nagano, I., Shoji, M., Abe, K. Neurosci. Lett. (2002)
- Effect of electroacupuncture on the stress-induced changes in brain-derived neurotrophic factor expression in rat hippocampus. Yun, S.J., Park, H.J., Yeom, M.J., Hahm, D.H., Lee, H.J., Lee, E.H. Neurosci. Lett. (2002)
- Acupuncture in heroin addicts; changes in Met-enkephalin and beta-endorphin in blood and cerebrospinal fluid. Clement-Jones, V., McLoughlin, L., Lowry, P.J., Besser, G.M., Rees, L.H., Wen, H.L. Lancet (1979)
- Chemical sensory deafferentation abolishes hypothalamic pituitary activation induced by noxious stimulation or electroacupuncture but only decreases that caused by immobilization stress. A c-fos study. Pan, B., Castro-Lopes, J.M., Coimbra, A. Neuroscience (1997)
- Nitric oxide in the gracile nucleus mediates depressor response to acupuncture (ST36). Chen, S., Ma, S.X. J. Neurophysiol. (2003)
- Electroacupuncture decreases c-fos expression in the spinal cord induced by noxious stimulation of the rat bladder. Chang, C.J., Huang, S.T., Hsu, K., Lin, A., Stoller, M.L., Lue, T.F. J. Urol. (1998)
- The association of cholecystokinin-A receptor expression with the responsiveness of electroacupuncture analgesic effects in rat. Lee, G., Rho, S., Shin, M., Hong, M., Min, B., Bae, H. Neurosci. Lett. (2002)
- Electroacupuncture induces the expression of Fos in rat dorsal horn via capsaicin-insensitive afferents. Uchida, Y., Nishigori, A., Takeda, D., Ohshiro, M., Ueda, Y., Ohshima, M., Kashiba, H. Brain Res. (2003)
- Suppression of IgE production and modulation of Th1/Th2 cell response by electroacupuncture in DNP-KLH immunized mice. Park, M.B., Ko, E., Ahn, C., Choi, H., Rho, S., Shin, M.K., Hong, M.C., Min, B.I., Bae, H. J. Neuroimmunol. (2004)
- Cholecystokinin octapeptide (CCK-8): antagonism to electroacupuncture analgesia and a possible role in electroacupuncture tolerance. Han, J.S., Ding, X.Z., Fan, S.G. Pain (1986)
- Spinal evoked potential P2 wave elicited by C fiber input and depressed by analgesic factors. Li, R., Yu, Y.X. Neuroreport (1991)
- Increased corticortropin-releasing hormone release in ovariectomized rats' paraventricular nucleus: effects of electroacupuncture. Zhao, H., Tian, Z.Z., Chen, B.Y. Neurosci. Lett. (2003)
- Circulating estradiol and hypothalamic corticotrophin releasing hormone enhances along with time after ovariectomy in rats: effects of electroacupuncture. Zhao, H., Tian, Z., Feng, Y., Chen, B. Neuropeptides (2005)