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Acupuncture for cancer pain in adults. [PDF]

, 2011
BACKGROUND: Forty percent of individuals with early or intermediate stage cancer and 90% with advanced cancer have moderate to severe pain and up to 70% of patients with cancer pain do not receive adequate pain relief.
Akhileswaran, Alimi, Alimi, Aung, Bardia, Beuken-van Everdingen, Beuken-van Everdingen, Brainin-Mattos, Carr, Cata, Chen, Chen, Coleman, Dang, Dang, Dang, Davis, Derry, Dillon, Ernst, Ernst, Ezzo, Filshie, Filshie, Filshie, Furlan, Goudas, Gralow, Green, Guo, He, Higgins, Hopwood, Jadad, Johnson, Keskinbora, Kwon, Laird, Lee, Lipton, Lund, Lundeberg, Lundeberg, MacPherson, Manheimer, Manheimer, Mao-Ying, Mao-Ying, Mehling, Meng, Minton, Nguyen, Payne, Petrut, Poulain, Qaseem, Ripamonti, Rosier, Sima, Strong, Sun, Trinh, Twycross, Urch, Vallerand, White, White, White, Xia, Yu, Zhang   +70 more
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On the G-protein-coupled receptor heteromers and their allosteric receptor-receptor interactions in the central nervous system: focus on their role in pain modulation [PDF]

, 2013
The modulatory role of allosteric receptor-receptor interactions in the pain pathways of the Central Nervous System and the peripheral nociceptors has become of increasing interest.
Agnati, Luigi F, Borroto-Escuela, Dasiel O, Fuxe, Kjell, Rivera, Alicia, Romero-Fernandez, Wilber, Tarakanov, Alexander O, Van Craenenbroeck, Kathleen   +6 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, Gu, Quanbao, Pei, Gang, Pu, Lu, Ren, Shuanglai, Schwarz, Wolfgang, Xia, Peng, Xu, Nanjie   +7 more
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Expectancy and Treatment Interactions: A Dissociation between Acupuncture Analgesia and Expectancy Evoked Placebo Analgesia [PDF]

, 2008
Recent advances in placebo research have demonstrated the mind's power to alter physiology. In this study, we combined an expectancy manipulation model with both verum and sham acupuncture treatments to address: 1) how and to what extent treatment and ...
Amanzio, Beecher, Benedetti, Benedetti, Benedetti, Benedetti, Benedetti, Bingel, Brinkhaus, Bruce Rosen, Bush, Carolyn Zyloney, Charron, Colloca, Colloca, Colloca, Colloca, Craggs, Curran, De Pascalis, Dougherty, Ernst, Fang, Flaten, Fregni, Ginger Polich, Gracely, Gracely, Haake, Han, Hui, Hui, Irving Kirsch, Jian Kong, Kaptchuk, Kaptchuk, Kaptchuk, Kaptchuk, Kaptchuk, Kirmayer, Kirsch, Kirsch, Kirsch, Kleijnen, Kleinhenz, Kong, Kong, Kong, Kong, Kong, Kong, Kong, Kong, Kong, Landauer, Langevin, Langevin, Langevin, Langevin, Langevin, Langevin, Leibing, Levine, Li, Li, Lieberman, Linde, Linde, Linde, Lyerly, Mark Vangel, Mayer, McKay, McManus, Melchart, Melzack, Mesulam, Miller, Montgomery, Muntaner, Napadow, Napadow, Napadow, Pariente, Penick, Penick, Perkins, Petrovic, Petrovic, Pomeranz, Price, Price, Price, Randy Gollub, Scott, Scott, Shapiro, Streitberger, Ted J. Kaptchuk, Vogt, Voudouris, Wager, Wager, White, Wu, Wu, Yoo, Zhang, Zhang, Zubieta   +109 more
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Frequency-Specific Blood Oxygen Level Dependent Oscillations Associated With Pain Relief From Ankle Acupuncture in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain

Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2021
Objective: Recent advances in brain imaging have deepened our knowledge of the neural activity in distinct brain areas associated with acupuncture analgesia.
Anfeng Xiang, Anfeng Xiang, Meiyu Chen, Chuan Qin, Jun Rong, Can Wang, Xueyong Shen, Sheng Liu   +7 more
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Stimulation of TRPV1 by green laser light [PDF]

, 2012
Low-level laser irradiation of visible light had been introduced as a medical treatment already more than 40 years ago, but its medical application still remains controversial.
Gu, Quanbao, Huang, Fang, Schwarz, Wolfgang, Wang, Lina   +3 more
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Hotspots and comparative analysis of international acupuncture research over the past decade via Web of Science

Digital Chinese Medicine, 2023
Objective: This study aims to summarize the hotspots of acupuncture research in China and abroad in recent 10 years. Methods: The core collection of Web of Science was retrieved, and the literature on experimental and clinical research of acupuncture in ...
S.U.N. Meiling, Z.H.A.O. Fanghua, G.A.O. Man, Z.H.E.N. Siyuan, C.H.E.N. Yueling, Ramon Maria Calduch, L.I. Haiyan   +6 more
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Information Models of Acupuncture Analgesia and Meridian Channels

Information, 2010
Acupuncture and meridian channels have been major components of Chinese and Eastern Asian medicine—especially for analgesia—for over 2000 years. In recent decades, electroacupuncture (EA) analgesia has been applied clinically and experimentally. However,
Chang Hua Zou, Kang Cheng
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Evidence-Based Application of Acupuncture for Pain Management in Companion Animal Medicine

Veterinary Sciences, 2022
The use of veterinary acupuncture for pain relief is expanding among small animal practitioners. Although acupuncture was developed as part of the medical system in Ancient China, research into the scientific basis of its effects is expanding rapidly ...
Janice L. Huntingford, Michael C. Petty
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Reduced analgesic effect of acupuncture-like TENS but not conventional TENS in opioid treated patients [PDF]

, 2011
: Evidence from recent animal studies indicates that the analgesic effect of low frequency TENS is reduced in opioid tolerant animals. The aim of the present study was to compare the analgesic effect of conventional (high frequency) and acupuncture-like
Cloutier, Christian, Léonard, Guillaume, Marchand, Serge   +2 more
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