Acupuncture Analgesia

Analgesia produced by the insertion of ACUPUNCTURE needles at certain ACUPUNCTURE POINTS on the body. This activates small myelinated nerve fibers in the muscle which transmit impulses to the spinal cord and then activate three centers - the spinal cord, midbrain and pituitary/hypothalamus - to produce analgesia.

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Networked: 206 relevant articles (11 outcomes, 38 trials/studies)

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Therapy Context: Research Results

Experts

1.	Lee, Hyangsook: 3 articles (12/2021 - 05/2014)
2.	Zhang, Di: 3 articles (05/2021 - 02/2007)
3.	Napadow, Vitaly: 3 articles (12/2020 - 09/2009)
4.	Zheng, Zhen: 3 articles (01/2019 - 08/2010)
5.	Fang, Jian-Qiao: 3 articles (08/2018 - 02/2017)
6.	Liu, Kun: 3 articles (01/2018 - 12/2014)
7.	Zhu, Bing: 3 articles (01/2018 - 12/2014)
8.	Stener-Victorin, Elisabet: 3 articles (02/2016 - 03/2005)
9.	Liang, Fan-Rong: 2 articles (06/2022 - 07/2011)
10.	Liu, Sheng: 2 articles (03/2022 - 01/2021)

Related Diseases

1.	Pain (Aches) 02/01/2016 - "The efficacy of acupuncture for pain diseases is significant, however, the unified understanding re garding mechanisms of acupuncture analgesia has not been fully reached. " 03/28/2008 - "Acupuncture analgesia is a very useful clinical skill for pain relief, which has over 2500-year history in China. " 10/01/2007 - "Acupuncture analgesia is a very useful clinical tool for pain relief, which has over 2500-year history in China. " 01/01/2022 - "Moreover, we have expounded on the critical clinical and scientific significance of studying the reward effect of acupuncture analgesia and related brain reward circuits, the pain mechanism obtained from human neuroimaging studies, and the survey results on the effects of acupuncture on reward/motivation circuits. " 12/01/2021 - "Current reports suggest a new role for skin MC and its mediators in pain alleviation and explain a peripheral mechanism of acupuncture analgesia, with suggesting the need of further studies to confirm these findings."
2.	Chronic Pain 01/01/2022 - "Studies on the reward effect of acupuncture in relieving chronic pain and the regulating effect of the brain reward loop on acupuncture analgesia help to deepen the clinical understanding of acupuncture analgesia, innovate the research concept of acupuncture analgesia, and provide help for further studies on the central mechanism of acupuncture in improving chronic pain in the future." 08/25/2018 - "The neuronal activities and their information transmission, processing and storage in intercluster neural networks in different brain regions, and the correlation between behavioral changes and electrical activities of neurons in vivo studies are mainly captured by the implanted microelectropode array, etc. If these two (or more) approaches are combined together, it is definitely and highly helpful to reveal the driving dynamics of neural circuits, plasticity and temporal-spatial activity mode of neurons, as well as behavioral reactions of animals with chronic pain during acupuncture analgesia and may open a new prospect for the application of acupuncture analgesia study." 12/01/2012 - "MRI images of DMN in the RNS could reflect chronic pain, which was suitable for studies on the effects after acupuncture analgesia." 03/25/2022 - "Focusing on the reward effect of acupuncture and related brain's reward circuits for chronic pain relief, the research on the regulatory effect of acupuncture analgesia will be conductive to deepen the understanding of acupuncture analgies in clinical practice and innovate a research concept of acupuncture analgeis. " 03/25/2022 - "[New perspective of acupuncture analgesia: reward of chronic pain relief and related brain reward circuits]."
3.	Migraine Disorders (Migraine) 01/01/2021 - "We summarized the proposed neural mechanism underlying acupuncture analgesia in acute migraine, and the proposed neural mechanism underlying the sustained effect of acupuncture in migraine prophylaxis. " 01/01/2020 - "C-fibers play a crucial role for diffuse noxious inhibitory controls (DNIC) at wide dynamic range (WDR) neurons in the trigeminocervical complex (TCC) in migraine attacks, and we supposed that this may be the mechanism of acupuncture analgesia. " 08/01/2009 - "Acupuncture analgesia in migraine." 12/01/2009 - "In three instances, mildly positive findings were reported: on the efficacy of manual therapies, the use of acupuncture analgesia in surgery, and an elimination diet against migraine and tension headaches. " 01/01/2021 - "Conclusion: The neural mechanism underlying the immediate effect of acupuncture analgesia remains unclear, and the neural mechanism of sustained acupuncture treatment for migraine might be related to the regulation of pain-related brain networks. "
4.	Epilepsy (Aura) 07/01/2011 - "Among them, 12 Cochrane systematic review (CSR) verified the effectiveness of acupuncture, 29 concerning the indeterminacy of the efficacy of acupuncture with 1 didn't support acupuncture for epilepsy and 31 remained as protocols; 121 literatures were found in Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE) with more types of diseases or symptoms and rich modality comparing to CSR; 4218 randomized controlled trials and clinical controlled trials were identified in Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CCRCT); 43 literatures in Cochrane Methodology Register Database (CMRD) which focused on blindness study, quality assessment of methodology of research and publication bias and so on; 25 literatures in Health Technology Assessment Database (HTAD) and 18 in NHS Economic Evaluation Database (NHS EED) which were centered on acupuncture analgesia. "
5.	Blindness (Hysterical Blindness) 07/01/2011 - "Among them, 12 Cochrane systematic review (CSR) verified the effectiveness of acupuncture, 29 concerning the indeterminacy of the efficacy of acupuncture with 1 didn't support acupuncture for epilepsy and 31 remained as protocols; 121 literatures were found in Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE) with more types of diseases or symptoms and rich modality comparing to CSR; 4218 randomized controlled trials and clinical controlled trials were identified in Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CCRCT); 43 literatures in Cochrane Methodology Register Database (CMRD) which focused on blindness study, quality assessment of methodology of research and publication bias and so on; 25 literatures in Health Technology Assessment Database (HTAD) and 18 in NHS Economic Evaluation Database (NHS EED) which were centered on acupuncture analgesia. "

Related Drugs and Biologics

1.	Neurotransmitter Agents (Neurotransmitter)
2.	Hormones (Hormone)
3.	salicylhydroxamic acid (SHAM)
4.	Analgesics (Analgesic Drugs)
5.	Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases
6.	Phenylalanine (L-Phenylalanine)
7.	Ion Channels (Ion Channel)
8.	Freund's Adjuvant
9.	Capsaicin (Zostrix)
10.	Opioid Analgesics (Opioids)

Related Therapies and Procedures

1.	Analgesia
2.	Acupuncture Therapy
3.	Musculoskeletal Manipulations (Manipulative Therapy)
4.	Drug Therapy (Chemotherapy)
5.	Acupuncture Points (Acupuncture Point)