To investigate the feasibility of intramuscular electro-acupuncture-mediated VEGF gene transfer on experimental limb ischemia, the transcription and expression of VEGF gene have been detected with RT-PCR and immunohis...
Which type of afferent fibre plays the main role in the analgesia induced by acupuncture or electro-acupuncture has been the subject of some controversy in the study of the mechanism of acupunctural anaesthesia. The p...
Recently we have found that the analgesic effect of electro-acupuncture could be blocked in monkeys by naloxone, a specific opiate antagonist, thus suggesting that the endogenous morphine-like substance may be involve...
It has been pointed out that most of the acupuncture points described in traditional Chinese medicine are located at the terminations of nerve branches where there are often abundant deep tissues underneath. A previou...