The Effect of Acupuncture Stimulation on the Middle Latency Auditory Evoked Potential.

Liao, Ten-Jen; Nakanishi, Hideki; Nishikawa, Hiroyasu

doi:10.1620/tjem.170.103

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“…However, the change of electroencephalogram in different brain regions before and after de qi was not evident. The EEG results were consistent with those of Starr et al [11] but appear to be contradictory with other reports in the literature [12–15]. Indeed, this is not entirely surprising in view of the difficulties in the measurements being attempted and the techniques adopted.…”

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De Qi, a Threshold of the Stimulus Intensity, Elicits the Specific Response of Acupoints and Intrinsic Change of Human Brain to Acupuncture

Tian

Xiong

Pan

et al. 2014

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

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Objectives. De qi is the subjective constellation of sensations perceived by the acupuncturists and patients as described in several literatures, but the absence of quantitative evaluation methods in de qi restricts the use of acupuncture treatment widely in the world. In the present study, we tried to investigate the intrinsic property of de qi is and how evaluate it quantitatively. Methods. 30 healthy adult volunteers were determined to investigate intrinsic changes in the human body after acupuncture with de qi. Results. Acupuncture treatment with de qi apparently increased acupoint blood flow, tissue displacement, and the amplitude of myoelectricity after de qi on acupoints. Furthermore, acupuncture treatment induced fMRI signal increase/decrease in different brain regions although no significant change in electroencephalography. Interpretation. The intrinsic change of the subjects representing the specific response of acupoints and human brain to acupuncture indicated that de qi might be evaluated quantitatively by those above aspects, which facilitated the confirmation in validity and propagation of this treatment modality widely in the world.

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De Qi, a Threshold of the Stimulus Intensity, Elicits the Specific Response of Acupoints and Intrinsic Change of Human Brain to Acupuncture

Tian

Xiong

Pan

et al. 2014

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

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“…The electroencephalogram data have been used to study the effects of acupuncture on the human brain activities (3,15,17,22,23). One of the main reasons to use EEG is that in the clinical situation, it is useful in accessing epilepsy, dementia and brain death (2,3,12,13).…”

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Effects of Acupuncture at Neiguan (PC 6) on Electroencephalogram

Chang

Chang²,

Li³

et al. 2009

Chin. J. Physiol.

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The aim of this study was to investigate if there were any effects on the electroencephalogram (EEG) of human brain by the manual stimulation of Neiguan (PC 6) acupuncture site. In this paper, two groups of six healthy male volunteers of ages 27.6 ± 14.2 (mean ± SD) and 28.5 ± 13.0 (mean ± SD) and no neurological disease participated in this study. A digital storage of 12-channel EEG recorder was used and spectral analyses of the data set of 18 trials were obtained before, during, and after sham/ manual acupuncture. To minimize artefacts, all data were collected with the subjects alert but eyes closed. No significant changes (P > 0.05) were obtained for the sham acupuncture group. As for the manual acupuncture group, the needle was inserted perpendicularly into the PC 6 acupuncture site and manually stimulated about 15 to 30 seconds to achieve De Qi sensation. Needles were left in place for 30 min and then removed. Analysis of the EEG data due to acupuncture was compared to the baseline data and changes were obtained. First, all trials had an increase in the amplitude and power of the alpha band during manual acupuncture (P < 0.05) when compared with the baseline data. Secondly, in the mean time, the frequency peaks in alpha band of 12-channels were all synchronized with much smaller standard deviation (P < 0.01). Thirdly, the manual acupuncture effects of higher power and synchronized frequencies persisted for at least 10 minutes after the experiment (P < 0.05) and did not disappear immediately for all 18 experiments. Finally, we hypothesized that the higher power and synchronized rhythms in brain oscillations may have to do with autonomic nervous system.

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Wissenschaftliche Grundlagen der Akupunktur

Litscher¹

2007

Das Große Buch Der Klassischen Akupunktur

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The Effect of Acupuncture Stimulation on the Middle Latency Auditory Evoked Potential.

Cited by 7 publications

References 23 publications

De Qi, a Threshold of the Stimulus Intensity, Elicits the Specific Response of Acupoints and Intrinsic Change of Human Brain to Acupuncture

De Qi, a Threshold of the Stimulus Intensity, Elicits the Specific Response of Acupoints and Intrinsic Change of Human Brain to Acupuncture

Effects of Acupuncture at Neiguan (PC 6) on Electroencephalogram

Wissenschaftliche Grundlagen der Akupunktur

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