头针刺激靶点研究新思路  

A new idea to study the target of scalp acupuncture stimulation

作　　者：孔健 曹瑾 KONG Jian;CAO Jin(Massachusetts General Hospital,Boston,Massachusetts 02129,USA;College of Life Science,Beijing University of Chinese Medicine,Beijing 100029,China)

机构地区：[1]麻省总医院,美国马萨诸塞州波士顿02129 [2]北京中医药大学生命科学学院,北京100029

出　　处：《针刺研究》2023年第6期606-609,共4页Acupuncture Research

摘　　要：头针疗法作为一种针灸与现代脑科学相结合的产物,已经在临床上得到了越来越广泛的应用。近年来,借助于脑成像技术对大脑相关疾病中枢机制的研究取得了重大进展,但这些新的进展尚未应用到头针刺激区(靶点)的选择之中。本文旨在提供一个将现代影像学研究与头针刺激靶点相结合的新思路和方法,并根据这些方法对一些特定疾病的头针刺激靶点进行了初步的研究,提出了一系列大脑相关疾病的刺激靶点,以期启发头针研究的新思路,促进头针的进一步发展。Scalp acupuncture,an important modern acupuncture branch that combines acupuncture stimulation and neuroscience,is gaining popularity in the clinic.It is believed that scalp acupuncture can modulate the function of certain brain areas through stimulation of specific scalp areas corresponding to the related cortical areas,thereby providing therapeutic benefits for a wide scope of diseases.In recent decades,there has been remarkable progress in our understanding of the brain circuitry of many brain-related disorders through cutting-edge brain imaging techniques.Unfortunately,these findings have not been incorporated into scalp acupuncture protocols.Thus,identifying surface cortical regions associated with these disorders would expand stimulation target selections of scalp acupuncture.In this manuscript,we aim to 1)propose the idea and methods to incorporate neuroimaging findings and scalp acupuncture;and 2)introduce scalp acupuncture stimulation targets for some psychological and neurological disorders based on recent brain imaging findings.We hope this manuscript can inspire innovation on this topic to help further develop scalp acupuncture.

关 键 词：头针 头针刺激区 脑成像 经颅电刺激 大脑相关疾病 

分 类 号：R245.321[医药卫生—针灸推拿学]