Activation of different cerebral functional regions following acupuncture at Bot H Taixi and Taichong acupoints and taixi acupointalone: An fMRI study

Wanga, YJ; Zhenga, Y; Gf, Zhang; Zhanga, JP; Wua, CX; Zhang, S. Q.; Ouyang, HL; Zp, Li; Chen, JR; Qu, SS; Jq, Chen; Huang, Y; Tang, CZ

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“…The MRI data (resting-state BOLD sequence) were collected at 15 min before needling and 15 min after withdrawing the needle. The scanning parameters are the same as those in our previous study [ 25 ]. The scanning methods are (1) transverse T1-weighted image (T1WI) sequence: 1 min, 51 s, fast spin echo sequence; OAx T1 FLAIR, repetition time: 1750 ms/echo time: 24 ms, inversion time: 960 ms, field of view: 24 cm × 24 cm/ Z , matrix: 320 × 224/number of excitations = 1, thickness: 5.0 mm/interval: 1.0 mm, 30 slices total, echo train length: 8, and bandwidth: 31.25; (2) resting-state fMRI BOLD data collection: gradient echo-echo-planar imaging sequence scanning was conducted for 6 min in accordance with the following parameters: repetition time: 3000 ms/minimum, echo time: minimum, flip angle: 90, field of view: 240 mm × 240 mm, thickness: 5.0 mm/interval: 1.0 mm, 30 slices each time, and matrix: 96 × 96/number of excitations = 1.…”

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“…The preprocessing procedures are the same as those in our previous study [ 25 ], which include (1) converting DICOM to NIFTI, (2) slice timing after removing first 10 time points, (3) realigning and excluding subjects with max head motion > 1.5 mm on any axis and head rotation > 1.5 degrees, (4) segmenting and affixer regularization according to East Asians, (5) normalizing by using EPI templates, (6) smoothing images with a Gaussian kernel with isotropic full-width at half-maximum (FWHM) of 6 mm, and (7) removing the linear tendency of the data.…”

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Acupuncture Decreases Blood Pressure Related to Hypothalamus Functional Connectivity with Frontal Lobe, Cerebellum, and Insula: A Study of Instantaneous and Short‐Term Acupuncture Treatment in Essential Hypertension

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The therapeutic effects of acupuncture in decreasing blood pressure are ambiguous and underlying acupuncture in hypertension treatment has not been investigated. Our objective was to observe the change of quality of life and compare the differences in brain functional connectivity by investigating instantaneous and short-term acupuncture treatment in essential hypertension patients. A total of 30 patients were randomly divided into the LR3 group and sham acupoint group. Subjects received resting-state fMRI among preacupuncture, postinstantaneous, and short-term acupuncture treatment in two groups. Hypothalamus was selected as the seed point to analyze the changes in connectivity. We found three kinds of results: (1) There was statistical difference in systolic blood pressure in LR3 group after the short-term treatment and before acupuncture. (2) Compared with sham acupoint, acupuncture at LR3 instantaneous effects in the functional connectivity with seed points was more concentrated in the frontal lobe. (3) Compared with instantaneous effects, acupuncture LR3 short-term effects in the functional connectivity with seed points had more regions in frontal lobe, cerebellum, and insula. These brain areas constituted a neural network structure with specific functions that could explain the mechanism of therapy in hypertension patients by LR3 acupoint.

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Acupuncture Decreases Blood Pressure Related to Hypothalamus Functional Connectivity with Frontal Lobe, Cerebellum, and Insula: A Study of Instantaneous and Short‐Term Acupuncture Treatment in Essential Hypertension

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Wang

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“…The catalytic activity of sil ver containing catalysts in this reaction is caused by the formation, on the silver particle surface, of highly active oxygen incorporated in the surface oxide [5][6][7]. It is known that the presence of hydroxyl ions in the reaction medium facilitates the rupture of the C-H bond and promotes methanal oxidation with oxygen [8][9][10]. Nevertheless, high conversions of methanal are observed only at elevated temperatures.…”

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Catalytic activity of silver–ion exchanger nanocomposites in methanal oxidation reaction with molecular oxygen

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oxides; aluminum; mesoporous mesostructured silicates MCM 41 and SBA 15 and NaY zeolites-are widely used as catalysts of the methanal (formaldehyde) oxi dation with oxygen [1][2][3][4]. The catalytic activity of sil ver containing catalysts in this reaction is caused by the formation, on the silver particle surface, of highly active oxygen incorporated in the surface oxide [5][6][7]. It is known that the presence of hydroxyl ions in the reaction medium facilitates the rupture of the C-H bond and promotes methanal oxidation with oxygen [8][9][10]. Nevertheless, high conversions of methanal are observed only at elevated temperatures. Owing to the surface location of active silver sites and the high concentration of ОН -ions in the matrix, silver-anion exchanger composites are promising catalytic materi als of methanal oxidation with oxygen.The aims of this work are to synthesize silver con taining nanocomposites based on various highly basic anion exchangers and to study their catalytic activity in the oxidation of methanal dissolved in water with oxygen.For synthesis of silver containing composites, we used granular 3D cross linked highly basic anion exchange resins (in the Cl -form) AH 17 8 and AH 17 2P (Azot, Ukraine) and Lewatit M 500 and Lewatit MP 500 (Lanxess, Germany) with a gel and porous structure and, for comparison, sulfonated cation exchange resin (in the Na + form) KU 2 8 (Azot, Ukraine). Matrix grains were 0.8-1.0 mm in size.After acid-base conditioning to constant total exchange capacity, silver was chemically deposited into ion exchangers by adding successively silver nitrate and a reductant (NaBH 4 + NaOH) under dynamic conditions. In catalytic experiments, com posites with the active oxygen surface layer were used. To generate such a layer, oxygenated water was passed through the layer of the prepared composite.The composite morphology and the phase compo sition of the deposited particles were characterized on the basis of X ray powder diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and energy dispersive X ray analysis (EDX) data. The prepared composites had mainly a surface distribution of silver particles (Fig. 1). Basic characteristics of the composites are summarized in Table 1.The catalytic activity of the synthesized composites was studied for the reaction of oxidation of methanal dissolved in water at 23 ± 2°C. The methanal concen tration was 30 ± 3 mmol/L. To elucidate the effect of ОН -ions on the catalytic activity of composites, the methanal oxidation was also carried out in a 0.1 M alkaline solution. The composite volume to methanal solution volume ratio was 1 : 10. The solution was con tinuously stirred by bubbling oxygen or argon through it. The reaction course was monitored by measuring changes in concentration: the oxygen concentration was determined by a gasometric method [11], and the methanal concentration was determined by titrimetric and photocolorimetric methods [12,13]. From the PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY Abstract-Silver containing ion exchangers with the surface distributio...

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Activation of different cerebral functional regions following acupuncture at Bot H Taixi and Taichong acupoints and taixi acupointalone: An fMRI study

Abstract: Background: To explore the brain function regions characteristics of the acupoint combination, this study observed activity changes in the brain

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Acupuncture Decreases Blood Pressure Related to Hypothalamus Functional Connectivity with Frontal Lobe, Cerebellum, and Insula: A Study of Instantaneous and Short‐Term Acupuncture Treatment in Essential Hypertension

Acupuncture Decreases Blood Pressure Related to Hypothalamus Functional Connectivity with Frontal Lobe, Cerebellum, and Insula: A Study of Instantaneous and Short‐Term Acupuncture Treatment in Essential Hypertension

Catalytic activity of silver–ion exchanger nanocomposites in methanal oxidation reaction with molecular oxygen

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