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Frontiers in NeurologyBackgroundTuina and acupuncture therapy have been widely applied in patients with cervical spondylotic radiculopathy (CSR). This network meta-analysis (NMA) was carried out to compare the effects of tuina or acupuncture in combination with adjunctive ...
Shengxiang Zhao, Jie Yang
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PLoS ONE, 2013 BackgroundRecent evidence shows that acupuncture is effective for chronic pain. However we do not know whether there are characteristics of acupuncture or acupuncturists that are associated with better or worse outcomes.MethodsAn existing dataset ...
Hugh MacPherson +6 more
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Ibrain, Volume 11, Issue 1, Page 106-111, Spring 2025.A middle‐aged man presented with a right indirect inguinal hernia in November 2020 and underwent laparoscopic high ligation of the right hernial sac. Intermittent acupuncture‐like pain in the skin of the right scrotum and medial thigh occurred 1 month after surgery and lasted for 6 months. Under ultrasound guidance, ilioinguinal nerve and genitofemoral
Yong Wang +4 more
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Frontiers in MedicineBackgroundKnee osteoarthritis is the most prevalent chronic joint disease affecting persons >50 years, which significantly impairs the patients’ lives.
Yu Chen +4 more
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BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2018 Background Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have a higher risk of coronary heart disease (CHD). Acupuncture, a commonly used treatment for patients with RA, has not been reported to prevent CHD in patients with RA.
Mei-Yao Wu +7 more
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Research progress on the role of inflammatory mediators in the pathogenesis of epilepsy
Ibrain, Volume 11, Issue 1, Page 44-58, Spring 2025.In the central nervous system, activated immune cells lead to the overproduction of inflammatory mediators through the corresponding signal pathway. Under the stimulation of inflammatory factors, neuroinflammation ultimately occurs. Overexpression of inflammatory mediators and activated immunocytes plays an important role in the emergence and ...
Yue Yu, Fei‐Ji Sun
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Default Mode Network as a Neural Substrate of Acupuncture: Evidence, Challenges and Strategy
Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2019 Acupuncture is widely applied all over the world. Although the neurobiological underpinnings of acupuncture still remain unclear, accumulating evidence indicates significant alteration of brain activities in response to acupuncture.
Yuqi Zhang +10 more
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Inhibition of activity of GABA transporter GAT1 by δ-opioid receptor [PDF]
, 2012 Analgesia is a well-documented effect of acupuncture. A critical role in pain sensation plays the nervous system, including the GABAergic system and opioid receptor (OR) activation.
Fucke, Thomas +7 more
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Molecular imprinting for neurology: Materials, applications, and limitations
Ibrain, EarlyView.Molecularly imprinted materials: diagnostic, therapeutic and research applications in neurology. Molecularly imprinted materials offer high specificity and affinity for target molecules in neurological applications. This review highlights their synthesis, characterisation, and use in diagnostics, research and therapeutics.
Xiaohan Ma +3 more
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Randomized study exploring the combination of radiotherapy with two types of acupuncture treatment (ROSETTA): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. [PDF]
, 2017 Adverse effects such as fatigue, pain, erythema, nausea and vomiting are commonly known in patients undergoing irradiation (RT) alone or in combination with chemotherapy (RCHT).
Asadpour, R. +4 more
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