Acupuncture Regulation of Cardiovascular Function

Primer on the Autonomic Nervous System

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 653-657

  Longhurst, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Blood pressure; Central nervous system; Hypertension; Hypotension; Hypothalamus; Medulla; Midbrain; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862339997     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-386525-0.00138-4     Document Type: Chapter

References (23)

1. Longhurst J Acupuncture's beneficial effects on the cardiovascular system. Prev Cardiol 1998, 1:21-33.
2. Longhurst JC Defining meridians: A modern basis of understanding. J Acupunct Meridian Stud 2010, 3:67-74.
3. Li P, Pitsillides K, Rendig S, Pan HL, Longhurst J Reversal of reflex-induced myocardial ischemia by median nerve stimulation: A feline model of electroacupuncture. Circulation 1998, 97:1186-1194.
4. Tjen-A-Looi S, Fu LW, Zhou W, Longhurst JC Role of unmyelinated fibers in electroacupuncture cardiovascular responses. Auton Neurosci 2005, 118:43-50.
5. Li P, Ayannusi O, Reed C, Longhurst J Inhibitory effect of electroacupuncture (EA) on the pressor response induced by exercise stress. Clin Auton Res 2004, 14:182-188.
6. Longhurst JC Acupuncture in cardiovascular medicine. Integrative cardiology 2010, Oxford University Press, pp. 100-116. T. O'Hara (Ed.).
7. Flachskampf FA, Gallasch J, Gefeller O, Gan J, Mao J, Pfahlberg AB, et al. Randomized trial of acupuncture to lower blood pressure. Circulation 2007, 115:3121-3129.
8. Li P, Rowshan K, Crisostomo M, Tjen-A-Looi S, Longhurst J Effect of electroacupuncture on pressor reflex during gastric distention. Am J Physiol 2002, 283:R1335-R1345.
9. Syuu Y, Matsubara H, Hosogi S, Suga H Pressor effect of electroacupuncture on hemorrhagic hypotension. Am J Physiol 2003, 285:R1446-R1452.
10. Li P, Longhurst JC Neural mechanism of electroacupuncture's hypotensive effects. Auton Neurosci-Basic 2010, 157:24-30.
11. Ernst E, White A Acupuncture: A scientific appraisal 1999, Butterworth Heinemann, Oxford. 2nd ed.
12. Zhou W, Fu LW, Tjen-A-Looi SC, Li P, Longhurst JC Afferent mechanisms underlying stimulation modality-related modulation of acupuncture-related cardiovascular responses. J Appl Physiol 2005, 98:872-880.
13. Tjen-A-Looi SC, Li P, Longhurst JC Role of medullary GABA, opioids, and nociceptin in prolonged inhibition of cardiovascular sympathoexcitatory reflexes during electroacupuncture in cats. Am J Physiol 2007, 293:H3627-H3635.
14. Moazzami A, Tjen-A-Looi SC, Longhurst JC Serotonergic projection from nucleus raphe pallidus to rostral ventrolateral medulla modulates cardiovascular reflex responses during acupuncture. J Appl Physiol 2010, 108:1336-1346.
15. Li P, Tjen-A-Looi SC, Longhurst JC Nucleus raphé pallidus participates in midbrain-medullary cardiovascular sympathoinhibition during electroacupuncture. Am J Physiol 2010, 299:R1369-R1376.
16. Tjen-A-Looi S, Li P, Longhurst JC Processing cardiovascular information in the vlPAG during electroacupuncture in rats: Roles of endocannabinoids and GABA. J Appl Physiol 2009, 1793-1799.
17. Fu LW, Longhurst JC Electroacupuncture modulates vlPAG release of GABA through presynaptic cannabinoid CB1 receptor. J Appl Physiol 2009, 106:1800-1809.
18. Zhou W, Mahajan A, Longhurst JC Spinal nociceptin mediates electroacupuncture-related modulation of visceral sympathoexcitatory reflex responses in rats. Am J Physiol 2009, 297:H859-H865.
19. Tjen-A-Looi SC, Li P, Longhurst JC Medullary substrate and differential cardiovascular response during stimulation of specific acupoints. Am J Physiol 2004, 287:R852-R862.
20. Li M, Tjen-A-Looi SC, Longhurst JC Electroacupuncture enhances preproenkephalin mRNA expression in rostral ventrolateral medulla of rats. Neurosci Lett 2010, 477:61-65.
21. Mayer DJ Acupuncture: An evidence-based review of the clinical literature. Ann Rev Med 2000, 51:63.
22. Riet G, Craen A, Boer A, Kessels A Is placebo analgesia mediated by endogenous opioids? A systemic review. Pain 1998, 76:273-275.
23. Langevin H, Wayne PM, MacPherson H Paradoxes in acupuncture research: Strategies for moving forward. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 2011, .