ArticleDisease markers2022
Effects of Electroacupuncture on Gastrointestinal Motility Function, Pain, and Inflammation
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- Research on the mechanism of core acupoints in electroacupuncture for functional constipation based on data mining and network acupuncture.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Electroacupuncture alleviates depression and gastrointestinal dysfunction by rebalancing GABAergic activity in the central amygdala.World journal of psychiatry · 2026Article
- Bridging Traditions: Integrating TCM Into ERAS for Enhanced Gastrointestinal Recovery -A Scoping Review.Drug design, development and therapy · 2026Article
- Electroacupuncture for chemotherapy-induced gastrointestinal symptoms in colorectal cancer: protocol for a multicenter, three-arm, randomized controlled trial.International journal of colorectal disease · 2025Article
- Bibliometric analysis of recent research on the association between TRPV1 and inflammation.Channels (Austin, Tex.) · 2023Article
- TRP (transient receptor potential) ion channel family: structures, biological functions and therapeutic interventions for diseases.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2023Review
- [Nan fang yi ke da xue xue bao = Journal of Southern Medical UniversityArticle
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Abstract
Background: Complications after colon surgery are a major obstacle to postoperative recovery. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of electroacupuncture (EA) at Zusanli (ST36) on gastrointestinal motility in rats after colonic anastomosis and the mechanism of transient receptor potential vanillin 1 (TRPV1) channel in regulating gastrointestinal motility, pain, and inflammation. Methods: The rats were randomly divided into six groups, including the control, model, EA, sham-EA, capsaicin, and capsaicin+EA groups, with preoperative capsaicin pretreatment and EA treatment at ST36 acupoint after surgery. Rats were treated using EA at ST36 or sham acupoints after surgery for 5 days. Capsaicin was intraperitoneally injected into rats 3 hours before surgery. Gastrointestinal motility was assessed by measuring the gastric residue, small intestinal propulsion Results: Compared with the model group, electroacupuncture at ST36 point could significantly reduce the residual rate of stomach in rats after operation and increase the propulsive force of the small intestine and the contraction tension of the isolated smooth muscle. Electroacupuncture also increased postoperative day 3 MWT values and decreased postoperative spontaneous nociception scores. In addition, electroacupuncture treatment downregulated the expressions of IL-6, IL-1 Conclusions: Our study showed that electroacupuncture at ST36 acupoint could improve gastrointestinal motility in rats after colonic anastomosis and relieve intestinal inflammation and pain. The mechanism may be to inhibit the activation of NF-
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