ReviewNeurochemical research2008
Modulation of central nociceptive coding by acupoint stimulation.
Review in Neurochemical research, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
8 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effect of Electro-Acupuncture (EA) and Manual Acupuncture (MA) on Markers of Inflammation in Knee Osteoarthritis.Journal of pain research · 2020Trial
- Ventral Anterior-Lateral Complex of the Thalamus Mediates Chronic Stress-Induced Pain Hypersensitivity and Underlies Electroacupuncture Analgesia.Brain and behavior · 2025Article
- Thalamocortical Mechanisms Underlying Real and Imagined Acupuncture.Biomedicines · 2023Article
- Electroacupuncture Inhibits the Activation of p38MAPK in the Central Descending Facilitatory Pathway in Rats with Inflammatory Pain.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2017Article
- IL-10 cytokine released from M2 macrophages is crucial for analgesic and anti-inflammatory effects of acupuncture in a model of inflammatory muscle pain.Molecular neurobiology · 2015Article
- Altered small-world efficiency of brain functional networks in acupuncture at ST36: a functional MRI study.PloS one · 2012Article
- Acupuncture in the oncology setting: clinical trial update.Current treatment options in oncology · 2010Review
- Scientific evidence on the supportive cancer care with Chinese medicine.Zhongguo fei ai za zhi = Chinese journal of lung cancer · 2010Review
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
It is universally accepted that acupuncture or acupoint stimulation can produce analgesic effect on patients with painful disorders. The past decades has seen remarkable progress in exploring the central mechanisms of acupuncture-induced pain relief, including the neurotransmitter release and expression of particular receptors and genes in the spinal cord and the brain stem regions. Development of new techniques makes it possible to record and image the brain network patterns underlying pain perception and modulation, and to investigate the role of higher-level brain areas in mediating acupuncture analgesia. This review will present the current understanding of the neural network that is implicated in the modulation of pain by acupuncture.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.