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ArticleThe journal of physiological sciences : JPS2019

Blood pressure-independent increase in the cortical cerebral blood flow induced by manual acupuncture of the auricular region in rats.

Sae Uchida, Hiroshi Taniguchi, Yoshie Ito, Fusako Kagitani

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Article in The journal of physiological sciences : JPS, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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  3. Involvement of the basal nucleus of Meynert on regional cerebral cortical vasodilation associated with masticatory muscle activity in rats.Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism · 2020
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Sae UchidaDepartment of Autonomic Neuroscience, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, 35-2 Sakaecho, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, 173-0015, Japan. suchida@tmig.or.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5320-2982
Hiroshi TaniguchiDepartment of Autonomic Neuroscience, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, 35-2 Sakaecho, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, 173-0015, Japan.
Yoshie ItoDepartment of Autonomic Neuroscience, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, 35-2 Sakaecho, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, 173-0015, Japan.
Fusako KagitaniDepartment of Autonomic Neuroscience, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, 35-2 Sakaecho, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, 173-0015, Japan.

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Japan Society for the Promotion of Science KAKENHI JP15K08225
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We aimed to determine whether acupuncture to the auricular region increases cortical regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF). The rCBF was measured using laser speckle contrast imaging in urethane-anesthetized rats. Acupuncture stimulation was performed manually at the auricular concha or abdomen. The former's stimulation significantly increased the rCBF of the bilateral cerebral cortex in the frontal, parietal, and occipital lobes without altering the systemic arterial pressure. In contrast, abdominal stimulation affected neither rCBF nor systemic arterial pressure. The increase in the rCBF was completely abolished by the severance of the somatic nerves that innervated the auricular region, comprising the trigeminal nerve, facial nerve, auricular branch of the vagal nerve, glossopharyngeal nerve, and great auricular nerve. Thus, application of acupuncture to the auricular region increases the rCBF without increasing arterial pressure.

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Acupuncture, EarAnimalsBlood PressureCerebrovascular CirculationMaleNeurons, AfferentRatsRats, WistarRegional Blood FlowAuricular regionCortical cerebral blood flowManual acupunctureRatsSomatic afferent nerves

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PMID30191412
PMCPMC10717275

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