ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2013
Manual acupuncture and laser acupuncture for autonomic regulations in rats: observation on heart rate variability and gastric motility.
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- Sex differences in brain functional connectivity changes to different energy densities of laser acupuncture at PC6 (Neiguan): a pilot resting-state fMRI study.Lasers in medical science · 2026Trial
- Transcutaneous Electrical Acupoint Stimulation Improves Postoperative Nutrition and Promotes Early Recovery of Gastrointestinal Function in Patients with Colorectal Cancer.Combinatorial chemistry & high throughput screening · 2025Trial
- The 28-year evolution of laser acupuncture: a CiteSpace knowledge graph visualization and analysis.Lasers in medical science · 2025Review
- Plasma exosomal miR-142-3p induced by acupuncture protects against heart injury in rats with myocardial infarction by targeting Cofilin 2.Iranian journal of basic medical sciences · 2025Article
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- EEG and ECG Power Spectrum Analysis of Sedative Effects on Propofol-Anesthetized Rats with Electroacupuncture.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2022Article
- Acute Effects of Different Electroacupuncture Point Combinations to Modulate the Gut-Brain Axis in the Minipig Model.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2022Article
- The Application of Laser Acupuncture in Animal Experiments: A Narrative Review of Biological Aspects.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2021Review
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- The Immediate Effect of Therapeutic Touch and Deep Touch Pressure on Range of Motion, Interoceptive Accuracy and Heart Rate Variability: A Randomized Controlled Trial With Moderation Analysis.Frontiers in integrative neuroscience · 2018Article
- Electroacupuncture Could Reduce Motion Sickness Susceptibility in Healthy Male Adults: A Double-Blinded Study.Medical acupuncture · 2017Article
- Electroacupuncture induces acute changes in cerebral cortical miRNA profile, improves cerebral blood flow and alleviates neurological deficits in a rat model of stroke.Neural regeneration research · 2016Article
- Nonlinear Conte-Zbilut-Federici (CZF) Method of Computing LF/HF Ratio: A More Reliable Index of Changes in Heart Rate Variability.Journal of pharmacopuncture · 2016Article
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- Acupuncture and regulation of gastrointestinal function.World journal of gastroenterology · 2015Review
- Low-frequency electrical stimulation promotes the recovery of gastrointestinal motility following gynecological laparoscopy (Review).Medicine internationalReview
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10 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.
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Abstract
This study focused on the effects of laser acupuncture (LA) and manual acupuncture (MA) at different acupoints on gastric motility and heart rate variability (HRV) simultaneously to elucidate the site specific effects of acupoints and the correlation between changes of gastric motility and low frequency/high frequency (LF/HF) ratio. Gastric motility and HRV were recorded before and during MA or LA. Stimulating PC-6 or ST-36 significantly enhanced gastric motility, while BL-21 caused no changes. In contrast, MA or LA at CV-12 significantly suppressed gastric motility. Stimulating PC-6 or ST-36 significantly increased heart rate (HR), while CV-12 or BL-21 induced no significant changes of HR. Stimulating PC-6 significantly increased LF/HF, while ST-36, CV-12, or BL-21 induced no significant effects. These results indicated that there was acupoint specificity in the effects of acupuncture on gastric motility and HRV. The stimulatory effect of MA and LA at PC-6 and ST-36 on HR was associated with sympathetic activity. The stimulatory effect of MA or LA at PC-6 or ST-36 on gastric motility was associated with vagal activity. Laser needle can be used as an alternative stimulation therapy.
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