Activation of different cerebral functional regions following acupuncture at both Taixiand Taichong acupoints and Taixiacupoint alone: An FMRI study

Yj, Wang; Zheng, Yu; Gf, Zhang; Zhang, Jianping; Wu, CX; Zhang, S. Q.; Ouyang, HL; Zp, Li; Chen, JR; Qu, SS; Jq, Chen; Huang, Y; Tang, CZ

doi:10.4314/ajtcam.v12i5.16

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“…KI3 was also used for treating hypertension [23]; besides, combination of LR3 and KI3 was often used to treat hypertension clinically [25, 26]. In recent years, research of LR3 and KI3 acupuncture by fMRI is constantly ongoing [9, 27]; our team also carried out Rs-fMRI research of acupuncture combination of LR3 and KI3 [28, 29], single LR3 [30], and single KI3 [31], but all subjects were healthy humans. Therefore, this study carried Rs-fMRI research of acupuncture combination of LR3 and KI3, single LR3, and single KI3, with EH patients.…”

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Cerebral Targeting of Acupuncture at Combined Acupoints in Treating Essential Hypertension: An Rs‐fMRI Study and Curative Effect Evidence

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The study attempted to explore that the synergistic effect of acupoints combination is not a simple superposition of single acupoint's effect by comparing and analyzing the changes of blood pressure (BP), SF-36, and brain regions after acupuncture treatment. 47 patients were randomly divided into LR3+KI3 group, LR3 group, and KI3 group. Subjects received Rs-fMRI scan, BP measurement, and SF-36 questionnaires before and after treatment and short-term acupuncture treatment. After treatment, there were no significant differences in BP and SF-36 among 3 groups, compared to the case before treatment, SBP of 3 groups decreased, and DBP significantly decreased while vitality and mental health significantly increased in LR3+KI3 group. Both number and scopes of changes of brain regions in LR3+KI3 group were the largest, which mainly included BAs 3, 4, 8, 19, 21, 24, 32, 44, and 45. In conclusion, acupuncture at LR3+KI3 may auxiliarily reduce BP and improve the vitality and mental health of patients, and the changes of brain regions were related to somatesthesia, movement, vision, audition, emotion and mood, language, memory, etc. BAs 4, 9, 10, 24, 31, 32, and 46 may be the targeting brain areas of acupuncture in assisting hypotension. It is suggested that acupoints combination of LR3+KI3 maybe generates a synergistic effect, and it is not simple sum of single acupoint effect.

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Cerebral Targeting of Acupuncture at Combined Acupoints in Treating Essential Hypertension: An Rs‐fMRI Study and Curative Effect Evidence

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Zheng

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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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Zhang

Wang

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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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Activation of different cerebral functional regions following acupuncture at both Taixiand Taichong acupoints and Taixiacupoint alone: 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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Cerebral Targeting of Acupuncture at Combined Acupoints in Treating Essential Hypertension: An Rs‐fMRI Study and Curative Effect Evidence

Cerebral Targeting of Acupuncture at Combined Acupoints in Treating Essential Hypertension: An Rs‐fMRI Study and Curative Effect Evidence

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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