ArticleNeural plasticity2023
Electroacupuncture Zusanli (ST36) Relieves Somatic Pain in Colitis Rats by Inhibiting Dorsal Root Ganglion Sympathetic-Sensory Coupling and Neurogenic Inflammation.
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- Effectiveness and safety of non-pharmacological therapies for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease: a network meta-analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Research hotspots and trends of acupoint and pain based on PubMed: a bibliometric analysis.Frontiers in neurology · 2024Pooled it
- A Gut-Protective TRPV1-Neuroepithelial Axis: Electroacupuncture Reverses Intestinal Damage in Diet-Induced Obesity.Diabetes, obesity & metabolism · 2026Article
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- Transcutaneous Electrical Acupoint Stimulation for Opioid Tolerance in Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Proteomics Analysis: A Randomized Controlled Trial Protocol.Journal of pain research · 2026Article
- Acupuncture modulates the microbiota-gut-brain axis to treat irritable bowel syndrome: a mechanistic exploration.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2026Review
- Biological fundamental functional units of meridians: mechanosensitive ion channels.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Review
- Gut sensory neurons as regulators of neuro-immune-microbial interactions: from molecular mechanisms to precision therapy for IBD/IBS.Journal of neuroinflammation · 2025Review
- Electroacupuncture Regulates Sympathetic Nerve Through the NTSCNS neuroscience & therapeutics · 2025Article
- Efficacy of Transcutaneous Electrical Acupoint Stimulation on Modulating Upper Extremity Sympathetic Skin Response in Alleviating Cancer Survivors With Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy: A Propensity Score-Matched Cohort Study.Journal of pain research · 2025Article
- Electroacupuncture alleviates paradoxical sleep deprivation-induced postoperative hyperalgesia via a7nAChR mediated BDNF/TrkB-KCC2 signaling pathway in the spinal cord.IBRO neuroscience reports · 2024Article
- Electroacupuncture at Zusanli regulates the pathological phenotype of inflammatory bowel disease by modulating the NLRP3 inflammasome pathway.Immunity, inflammation and disease · 2024Article
- Review
- Electroacupuncture at Sensitized Acupoints Relieves Somatic Referred Pain in Colitis Rats by Inhibiting Sympathetic-Sensory Coupling to Interfere with 5-HT Signaling Pathway.Chinese journal of integrative medicine · 2024Article
- Acupoints for Headache with Blood Stasis Syndrome: a Literature Study Based on Data Mining Technology.Journal of pain research · 2024Review
- Preoperative and postoperative complications as risk factors for delayed gastric emptying following pancreaticoduodenectomy: A single-center retrospective study.World journal of gastrointestinal surgery · 2023Article
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Abstract
Referred somatic pain triggered by hyperalgesia is common in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). It was reported that sprouting of sympathetic nerve fibers into the dorsal root ganglion (DGR) and neurogenic inflammation were related to neuropathic pain, the excitability of neurons, and afferents. The purpose of the study was to explore the potential and mechanism of electroacupuncture (EA) at Zusanli (ST36) for the intervention of colon inflammation and hyperalgesia. Sprague-Dawley (SD) was randomly divided into four groups, including control, model, EA, and sham-EA. Our results showed EA treatment significantly attenuated dextran sulfate sodium- (DSS-) induced colorectal lesions and inflammatory cytokine secretion, such as TNF-
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