ArticleBMC complementary and alternative medicine2017
Electroacupuncture at LI11 promotes jejunal motility via the parasympathetic pathway.
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- Acupoint massage: a comprehensive descriptive review of its forms, applications, and underlying mechanisms.Chinese medicine · 2025Review
- Gastrointestinal problems in a valproic acid-induced rat model of autism: From maternal intestinal health to offspring intestinal function.World journal of psychiatry · 2024Article
- Clinical application of electroacupuncture in enhanced recovery after surgery.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences · 2023Review
- Effects and mechanisms of acupuncture analgesia mediated by afferent nerves in acupoint microenvironments.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2023Review
- Electroacupuncture Stimulation Regulates Adipose LipolysisFrontiers in endocrinology · 2021Article
- Neuromechanism of acupuncture regulating gastrointestinal motility.World journal of gastroenterology · 2020Review
- Effect of Electroacupuncture at Zusanli (ST36) on Sepsis Induced by Cecal Ligation Puncture and Its Relevance to Spleen.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2020Article
- Electroacupuncture at ST36 modulates gastric motilityWorld journal of gastroenterology · 2019Article
- The Effect of Electroacupuncture versus Manual Acupuncture through the Expression of TrkB/NF-Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundGastrointestinal motility disorder has been demonstrated to be regulated by acupuncture treatment. The mechanisms underlying the effects of acupuncture stimulation of abdominal and lower limb acupoints on gastrointestinal motility have been thoroughly studied; however, the physiology underlying the effects of acupuncture on the forelimbs to mediate gastrointestinal motility requires further exploration. The aim of this study was to determine whether electroacupuncture (EA) at LI11 promotes jejunal motility, whether the parasympathetic pathway participates in this effect, and if so, which somatic afferent nerve fibres are involved.
methodsA manometric balloon was used to observe jejunal motility. The effects and mechanisms of EA at LI11 were explored in male Sprague-Dawley rats with or without drug administration (propranolol, clenbuterol, acetylcholine, and atropine) and with or without vagotomy. Three types of male mice (β
resultsEA at LI11 increased the contractile amplitude of jejunal motility in the majority of both rats and mice. However, EA at LI11 did not enhance jejunal motility in rats administered atropine, rats that underwent vagotomy, and M
conclusionOur results suggest that EA at LI11 promotes jejunal motility primarily by exciting the parasympathetic pathway, and that Aδ-fibres and C-fibres may play important roles in the process.
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