Autonomic activation in insomnia: The case for acupuncture

Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 95-102

  Huang, Wei ^a   Kutner, Nancy ^a   Bliwise, Donald L ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Autonomic nervous system; Insomnia; Mechanism

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ACETYLCHOLINE; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; ENDORPHIN; HYDROCORTISONE; LAMOTRIGINE; LORAZEPAM; MELATONIN; NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NORADRENALIN; PARACETAMOL; SEROTONIN; SUBSTANCE P; SUMATRIPTAN;

ACUPUNCTURE; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AROUSAL; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; BETA RHYTHM; BODY TEMPERATURE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; GAMMA RHYTHM; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HEADACHE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERAROUSAL; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INSOMNIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; METABOLISM; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PITTSBURGH SLEEP QUALITY INDEX; PLACEBO EFFECT; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SHORT FORM 36; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SLEEP DISORDER; SYMPATHETIC TONE; THERAPY EFFECT; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 79958018239     PISSN: 15509389     EISSN: 15509397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.28048     Document Type: Review

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