supported by a grant from the Construction of Traditional Chinese Medicine Prevention and Treatment of Apoplexy Comprehensive System,No.201007002
Tongguan Liqiao acupuncture therapy has been shown to effectively treat dysphagia after stroke-based pseudobulbar paralysis. We presumed that this therapy would be effective for dysphagia after bulbar paralysis in pat...
supported by the Guangdong Province Science and Technology Plan,No.2010B030700008;the Guangzhou Science and Technology Plan Application Foundation,No.2012J4300062;the Major Project of Science and Technology Plan of Dongguan City in 2012,No.2012105102022
Peripheral nerve injury not only affects the site of the injury, but can also induce neuronal apop- tosis at the spinal cord. However, many acupuncture clinicians still focus only on the injury site, selecting acupoin...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.81171852
Disorder of consciousness (DOC) is one of the most serious sequelae of brain injury, and is challenging for neurologists and rehabilitation special- ists to manage because of its refractory nature (Whyte et al., 2...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.81273847
Preliminary basic research and clinical findings have demonstrated that electroacupuncture ther- apy exhibits positive effects in ameliorating depression. However, most studies of the underlying mechanism are at the s...
the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program), No. 2009CB522904;the National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 81173326, 81072868, 30973802 and 81102661;Supported by Open Research Fund of Zhejiang First-foremost Key Subject-Acupuncture & Moxibustion, No. ZTK2010B05
This study compares the changes of DNA repair in brain tissue dominated by the middle cerebral artery after electroacupuncture at the acupoints of Renzhong (DU 26), Neiguan (PC 6), Quchi (LI 11) and Zusanli (ST...
the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program), No. 2006CB504505;the National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 90709027
Few studies have examined the effects of different stimuli at a single acupoint using functional magnetic resonance imaging.The present study applied acupuncture at the Neiguan(PC 6),Waiguan(SJ 5),Zhigou(SJ 6) a...
a grant from the Major State Basic Research Development Program of China (973 Program),No.2006CB504500;China Postdoctoral Science Foundation,No.20090460700;the Science and Technology Plan Project of Shenzhen City,No.200902159
A number of previous studies of acupuncture acupoint specificity have used sham acupoints, sham acupuncture or meridian acupoints at a great distance from each other as controls in functional MRI (fMRI) experiments....
the National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 3076031918
For the treatment of brain ischemia using acupuncture, the needle is predominantly inserted into muscular layers and deep tissue. However, few studies have investigated the outcomes of shallow needling. The present st...
Acupuncture at certain acupoints (specific sites for needle insertion) can induce the activation of specific regions of the brain. This activated brain region influences the target organ or tissue in order to treat ...
the National 973 Program of China, No. 2006CB504505;the National Nature Science Foundation of China, No. 90709027
Acupoint combination is a method used for acupoint treatment of patients. Traditionally, acupoints are matched along the meridian distribution, which is a common rule in clinical practice, but the underlying mechanism...