Acupuncture therapy for psychiatric illness

International Review of Neurobiology

Volumn 111, Issue , 2013, Pages 197-216

  Pilkington, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Neurobiology; Neurotransmitters; Psychiatric disorders; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; CYTOKINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN NORADRENALIN REUPTAKE INHIBITOR; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ACUPUNCTURE; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHINA; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE MODEL; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; EATING DISORDER; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INFLAMMATION; INSOMNIA; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PANIC; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SLEEP DISORDER; STRESS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ACUPUNCTURE; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMITTERS; PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ANIMALS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS;

EID: 84887363818     PISSN: 00747742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-411545-3.00010-9     Document Type: Chapter

References (92)

1. Ahn A.C., Colbert A.P., Anderson B.J., Martinsen O.G., Hammerschlag R., Cina S., et al. Electrical properties of acupuncture points and meridians: A systematic review. Bioelectromagnetics 2008, 29(4):245-256.
2. Arranz L., Siboni L., De la Fuente M. Improvement of the interleukin 2 and tumour necrosis factor alpha release by blood leukocytes as well as of plasma cortisol and antioxidant levels after acupuncture treatment in women suffering anxiety. Journal of Applied Biomedicine 2006, 4(3):115-122.
3. Bai L., Tian J., Zhong C., Xue T., You Y., Liu Z., et al. Acupuncture modulates temporal neural responses in wide brain networks: Evidence from fMRI study. Molecular Pain 2010, 6:73.
4. Cabioǧlu M.T., Kutlu R., Albayrak C., Marakoǧlu K., Ergene N. Changes in the levels of serum beta endorphin, serotonin, adrenaline, noradrenaline and dopamine during smoking cessation by electroacupuncture and nicotine patch. Turkiye Klinikleri Journal of Cardiovascular Science 2012, 24(2):95-101.
5. Chae Y., Yang C.H., Kwon Y.K., Kim M.R., Pyun K.H., Hahm D.H., et al. Acupuncture attenuates repeated nicotine-induced behavioral sensitization and c-Fos expression in the nucleus accumbens and striatum of the rat. Neuroscience Letters 2004, 358(2):87-90.
6. Chae Y., Yeom M., Han J.H., Park H.J., Hahm D.H., Shim I., et al. Effect of acupuncture on anxiety-like behavior during nicotine withdrawal and relevant mechanisms. Neuroscience Letters 2008, 430(2):98-102.
7. Chen Y.H., Ivanic B., Chuang C.M., Lu D.Y., Lin J.G. Electroacupuncture reduces cocaine-induced seizures and mortality in mice. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2013, 2013:134610.
8. Cheuk D.K., Yeung W.F., Chung K.F., Wong V. Acupuncture for insomnia. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2012, 9. CD005472. 10.1002/14651858.CD005472.pub3.
9. Cho S.H., Whang W.W. Acupuncture for alcohol dependence: A systematic review. Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research 2009, 33(8):1305-1313.
10. Clement-Jones V., McLoughlin L., Lowry P.J., Besser G.M., Rees L.H., Wen H.L. Acupuncture in heroin addicts; changes in Met-enkephalin and beta-endorphin in blood and cerebrospinal fluid. Lancet 1979, 2(8139):380-383.
11. Dennehy E.B., Schnyer R., Bernstein I.H., Gonzalez R., Shivakumar G., Kelly D.I., et al. The safety, acceptability, and effectiveness of acupuncture as an adjunctive treatment for acute symptoms in bipolar disorder. The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry 2009, 70(6):897-905.
12. Dos Santos J.G., Kawano F., Nishida M.M., Yamamura Y., Mello L.E., Tabosa A. Antidepressive-like effects of electroacupuncture in rats. Physiology & Behavior 2008, 93(1-2):155-159.
13. Druss B.G., Rosenheck R.A. Use of practitioner-based complementary therapies by persons reporting mental conditions in the United States. Archives of General Psychiatry 2000, 57(7):708-714.
14. Duan D.M., Tu Y., Jiao S., Qin W. The relevance between symptoms and magnetic resonance imaging analysis of the hippocampus of depressed patients given electro-acupuncture combined with Fluoxetine intervention-A randomized, controlled trial. Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine 2011, 17(3):190-199.
15. Eshkevari L., Permaul E., Mulroney S.E. Acupuncture blocks cold stress-induced increases in the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis in the rat. The Journal of Endocrinology 2013, 217(1):95-104.
16. Falkai P., Moller H.J. Biomarkers and neurobiology of schizophrenia. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience 2012, 262(5):363-364.
17. Fang J., Jin Z., Wang Y., Li K., Kong J., Nixon E.E., et al. The salient characteristics of the central effects of acupuncture needling: Limbic-paralimbic-neocortical network modulation. Human Brain Mapping 2009, 30(4):1196-1206.
18. Farde L. Brain imaging of schizophrenia-the dopamine hypothesis. Schizophrenia Research 1997, 28(2-3):157-162.
19. Feighner J.P. Mechanism of action of antidepressant medications. The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry 1999, 60(Suppl 4):4-11. discussion 12-13.
20. Felger J.C., Lotrich F.E. Inflammatory cytokines in depression: Neurobiological mechanisms and therapeutic implications. Neuroscience 2013, 246:199-229.
21. Filshie J., Cummings M. Western medical acupuncture. Acupuncture: A scientific appraisal 1999, 31-59. Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford. E. Ernst, A. White (Eds.).
22. Flament M.F., Bissada H., Spettigue W. Evidence-based pharmacotherapy of eating disorders. The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology 2012, 15(2):189-207.
23. Fogarty S., Harris D., Zaslawski C., McAinch A.J., Stojanovska L. Acupuncture as an adjunct therapy in the treatment of eating disorders: A randomised cross-over pilot study. Complementary Therapies in Medicine 2010, 18(6):233-240.
24. Franco-Santana L.E., Torres-Castillo S., González-Trujano M.E., González-Ramírez M. Stimulation of the Po-shen and Shen-hun scalp-acupuncture bands modifies levels of inhibitory and excitatory amino acids in the immature rat brain. Neurochemistry International 2013, 63(4):275-282.
25. Gates S., Smith L.A., Foxcroft D.R. Auricular acupuncture for cocaine dependence. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2006, 1. CD005192.
26. Gilpin N.W., Koob G.F. Neurobiology of alcohol dependence: Focus on motivational mechanisms. Alcohol Research & Health 2008, 31(3):185-195.
27. Gould T.D., Einat H. Animal models of bipolar disorder and mood stabilizer efficacy: A critical need for improvement. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews 2007, 31(6):825-831.
28. Haenisch B., Bonisch H. Depression and antidepressants: Insights from knockout of dopamine, serotonin or noradrenaline re-uptake transporters. Pharmacology & Therapeutics 2011, 129(3):352-368.
29. Han J.S. Electroacupuncture: An alternative to antidepressants for treating affective diseases?. The International Journal of Neuroscience 1986, 29(1-2):79-92.
30. Han C., Li X., Luo H., Zhao X. Clinical study on electro-acupuncture treatment for 30 cases of mental depression. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2004, 24(3):172-176.
31. Hollifield M. Acupuncture for posttraumatic stress disorder: Conceptual, clinical, and biological data support further research. CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics 2011, 17(6):769-779.
32. Hori E., Takamoto K., Urakawa S., Ono T., Nishijo H. Effects of acupuncture on the brain hemodynamics. Autonomic Neuroscience 2010, 157(1-2):74-80.
33. Hu A., Lai M., Wei J., Wang L., Mao H., Zhou W., et al. The effect of electroacupuncture on extinction responding of heroin-seeking behavior and FosB expression in the nucleus accumbens core. Neuroscience Letters 2013, 534:252-257.
34. Huang W., Kutner N., Bliwise D.L. Autonomic activation in insomnia: The case for acupuncture. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine 2011, 7(1):95-102.
35. Hui K.K., Marina O., Liu J., Rosen B.R., Kwong K.K. Acupuncture, the limbic system, and the anticorrelated networks of the brain. Autonomic Neuroscience 2010, 157(1-2):81-90.
36. Ionescu D.F., Niciu M.J., Mathews D.C., Richards E.M., Zarate C.A. Neurobiology of anxious depression: A review. Depression and Anxiety 2013, 30(4):374-385.
37. Johnson S.W., North R.A. Opioids excite dopamine neurons by hyperpolarization of local interneurons. The Journal of Neuroscience 1992, 12(2):483-488.
38. Jong M.S., Hwang S.J., Chen F.P. Effects of electro-acupuncture on serum cytokine level and peripheral blood lymphocyte subpopulation at immune-related and non-immune-related points. Acupuncture & Electro-Therapeutics Research 2006, 31(1-2):45-59.
39. Jorm A.F., Griffiths K.M., Christensen H., Parslow R.A., Rogers B. Actions taken to cope with depression at different levels of severity: A community survey. Psychological Medicine 2004, 34(2):293-299.
40. Kaye W. Neurobiology of anorexia and bulimia nervosa. Physiology & Behavior 2008, 94(1):121-135.
41. Kim Y.D., Heo I., Shin B.C., Crawford C., Kang H.W., Lim J.H. Acupuncture for posttraumatic stress disorder: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials and prospective clinical trials. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2013, 2013:615857.
42. Kim H., Park H.J., Han S.M., Hahm D.H., Lee H.J., Kim K.S., et al. The effects of acupuncture stimulation at PC6 (Neiguan) on chronic mild stress-induced biochemical and behavioral responses. Neuroscience Letters 2009, 460(1):56-60.
43. Kreek M.J., Levran O., Reed B., Schlussman S.D., Zhou Y., Butelman E.R. Opiate addiction and cocaine addiction: Underlying molecular neurobiology and genetics. The Journal of Clinical Investigation 2012, 122(10):3387-3393.
44. Kwon S., Kim D., Park H., Yoo D., Park H.J., Hahm D.H., et al. Prefrontal-limbic change in dopamine turnover by acupuncture in maternally separated rat pups. Neurochemical Research 2012, 37(10):2092-2098.
45. Kwon S., Lee B., Yeom M., Sur B.J., Kim M., Kim S.T., et al. Modulatory effects of acupuncture on murine depression-like behavior following chronic systemic inflammation. Brain Research 2012, 1472:149-160.
46. Lee B., Han S.M., Shim I. Acupuncture attenuates cocaine-induced expression of behavioral sensitization in rats: Possible involvement of the dopaminergic system in the ventral tegmental area. Neuroscience Letters 2009, 449(2):128-132.
47. Lee J.H., Kim H.Y., Jang E.Y., Choi S.H., Han C.H., Lee B.H., et al. Effect of acupuncture on naloxone-precipitated withdrawal syndrome in morphine-experienced rats: The mediation of GABA receptors. Neuroscience Letters 2011, 504(3):301-305.
48. Lee B., Shim I., Lee H.J., Yang Y., Hahm D.H. Effects of acupuncture on chronic corticosterone-induced depression-like behavior and expression of neuropeptide Y in the rats. Neuroscience Letters 2009, 453(3):151-156.
49. Lee M.S., Shin B.C., Ronan P., Ernst E. Acupuncture for schizophrenia: A systematic review and meta-analysis. International Journal of Clinical Practice 2009, 63(11):1622-1633.
50. Lee B.H., Zhao R.J., Moon J.Y., Yoon S.S., Kim J.A., An H., et al. Differential involvement of GABA system in mediating behavioral and neurochemical effect of acupuncture in ethanol-withdrawn rats. Neuroscience Letters 2008, 443(3):213-217.
51. Lim S., Ryu Y.H., Kim S.T., Hong M.S., Park H.J. Acupuncture increases neuropeptide Y expression in hippocampus of maternally-separated rats. Neuroscience Letters 2003, 343(1):49-52.
52. Lin J.G., Chan Y.Y., Chen Y.H. Acupuncture for the treatment of opiate addiction. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012, 2012:739045.
53. Lin J.G., Chen W.L. Acupuncture analgesia: A review of its mechanisms of actions. The American Journal of Chinese Medicine 2008, 36(4):635-645.
54. Liu R.P., Fang J.L., Rong P.J., Zhao Y., Meng H., Ben H., et al. Effects of electroacupuncture at auricular concha region on the depressive status of unpredictable chronic mild stress rat models. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2013, 2013:789674.
55. Liu S., Zhu F., Lai M., Sun L., Liu Y., Zhou W. Electroacupuncture suppresses discrete cue-evoked heroin-seeking and Fos protein expression in the nucleus accumbens core in rats. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012, 2012:286404.
56. Ma S.X. Neurobiology of acupuncture: Toward CAM. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2004, 1(1):41-47.
57. MacPherson H., Schroer S. Acupuncture as a complex intervention for depression: A consensus method to develop a standardised treatment protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Complementary Therapies in Medicine 2007, 15(2):92-100.
58. MacPherson H., Sinclair-Lian N., Thomas K. Patients seeking care from acupuncture practitioners in the UK: A national survey. Complementary Therapies in Medicine 2006, 14(1):20-30.
59. Makhija K., Karunakaran S. The role of inflammatory cytokines on the aetiopathogenesis of depression. The Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry 2013, 47(9):828-839.
60. Maletic V., Robinson M., Oakes T., Iyengar S., Ball S.G., Russell J. Neurobiology of depression: An integrated view of key findings. International Journal of Clinical Practice 2007, 61(12):2030-2040.
61. Mochcovitch M.D., Nardi A.E. Selective serotonin-reuptake inhibitors in the treatment of panic disorder: A systematic review of placebo-controlled studies. Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics 2010, 10(8):1285-1293.
62. Mukaino Y., Park J., White A., Ernst E. The effectiveness of acupuncture for depression-A systematic review of randomised controlled trials. Acupuncture in Medicine 2005, 23(2):70-76.
63. Nestler E.J., Barrot M., DiLeone R.J., Eisch A.J., Gold S.J., Monteggia L.M. Neurobiology of depression. Neuron 2002, 34(1):13-25.
64. Park H.J., Chae Y., Jang J., Shim I., Lee H., Lim S. The effect of acupuncture on anxiety and neuropeptide Y expression in the basolateral amygdala of maternally separated rats. Neuroscience Letters 2005, 377(3):179-184.
65. Park H.J., Chae Y., Kim J.W., Lee H., Chung J.H. Effect of acupuncture on hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal system in maternal separation rats. Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology 2011, 31(8):1123-1127.
66. Park H., Yoo D., Kwon S., Yoo T.W., Park H.J., Hahm D.H., et al. Acupuncture stimulation at HT7 alleviates depression-induced behavioral changes via regulation of the serotonin system in the prefrontal cortex of maternally-separated rat pups. The Journal of Physiological Sciences 2012, 62(4):351-357.
67. Pilkington K. Anxiety, depression and acupuncture: A review of the clinical research. Autonomic Neuroscience 2010, 157(1-2):91-95.
68. Quah-Smith I., Suo C., Williams M.A., Sachdev P.S. The antidepressant effect of laser acupuncture: A comparison of the resting brain's default mode network in healthy and depressed subjects during functional magnetic resonance imaging. Medical Acupuncture 2013, 25(2):124-133.
69. Ruhe H.G., Mason N.S., Schene A.H. Mood is indirectly related to serotonin, norepinephrine and dopamine levels in humans: A meta-analysis of monoamine depletion studies. Molecular Psychiatry 2007, 12(4):331-359.
70. Shen E.Y., Lai Y.J. The efficacy of frequency-specific acupuncture stimulation on extracellular dopamine concentration in striatum-A rat model study. Neuroscience Letters 2007, 415(2):179-184.
71. Simon G.E., Cherkin D.C., Sherman K.J., Eisenberg D.M., Deyo R.A., Davis R.B. Mental health visits to complementary and alternative medicine providers. General Hospital Psychiatry 2004, 26(3):171-177.
72. Smith C.A., Hay P.P., Macpherson H. Acupuncture for depression. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2010, (1). CD004046. 10.1002/14651858.CD004046.pub3.
73. Song Y., Zhou D., Fan J., Luo H., Halbreich U. Effects of electroacupuncture and fluoxetine on the density of GTP-binding-proteins in platelet membrane in patients with major depressive disorder. Journal of Affective Disorders 2007, 98(3):253-257.
74. Soomro G.M., Altman D., Rajagopal S., Oakley-Browne M. Selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors (SSRIs) versus placebo for obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2008, (1). CD001765. 10.1002/14651858.CD001765.pub3.
75. Sun H., Zhang Y., Han C.H. Effects of electro-acupuncture on the number and binding activity of 5-HT1 and 5-HT2 receptors in the cerebral cortex of chronic stress depression model rats. International Journal of Clinical Acupuncture 2005, 14(2):113-118.
76. Unutzer J., Klap R., Sturm R., Young A.S., Marmon T., Shatkin J., et al. Mental disorders and the use of alternative medicine: Results from a national survey. The American Journal of Psychiatry 2000, 157(11):1851-1857.
77. Vazquez R.D., Gonzalez-Macias L., Berlanga C., Aedo F.J. Effect of acupuncture treatment on depression: Correlation between psychological outcomes and salivary cortisol levels. Salud Mental 2011, 34(1):21-26.
78. Wang S.M., Kain Z.N., White P. Acupuncture analgesia: I. The scientific basis. Anesthesia & Analgesia 2008, 106(2):602-610.
79. Wang P.S., Lane M., Olfson M., Pincus H.A., Wells K.B., Kessler R.C. Twelve-month use of mental health services in the United States: Results from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication. Archives of General Psychiatry 2005, 62(6):629-640.
80. Wen H.L., Ho W.K., Wong H.K., Mehal Z.D., Ng Y.H., Ma L. Changes in adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) and cortisol levels in drug addicts treated by a new and rapid detoxification procedure using acupuncture and naloxone. Comparative Medicine East and West 1979, 6(3):241-245.
81. White A.R., Rampes H., Liu J.P., Stead L.F., Campbell J. Acupuncture and related interventions for smoking cessation. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2011, (1). CD000009. 10.1002/14651858.CD000009.pub3.
82. Wollweber B.T., Wetter T.C. A brief review of neurobiological principles of insomnia. Schweizer Archive Fur Neurologie und Psychiatrie 2011, 162(4):139-141.
83. Wu G., Feder A., Wegener G., Bailey C., Saxena S., Charney D., et al. Central functions of neuropeptide Y in mood and anxiety disorders. Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Targets 2011, 15(11):1317-1331.
84. Yang C.H., Lee B.H., Sohn S.H. A possible mechanism underlying the effectiveness of acupuncture in the treatment of drug addiction. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2008, 5(3):257-266.
85. Yoon S.S., Kim H., Choi K.H., Lee B.H., Lee Y.K., Lim S.C., et al. Acupuncture suppresses morphine self-administration through the GABA receptors. Brain Research Bulletin 2010, 81(6):625-630.
86. Yoon S.S., Kwon Y.K., Kim M.R., Shim I., Kim K.J., Lee M.H., et al. Acupuncture-mediated inhibition of ethanol-induced dopamine release in the rat nucleus accumbens through the GABAB receptor. Neuroscience Letters 2004, 369(3):234-238.
87. Yoon S.S., Yang E.J., Lee B.H., Jang E.Y., Kim H.Y., Choi S.M., et al. Effects of acupuncture on stress-induced relapse to cocaine-seeking in rats. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2012, 222(2):303-311.
88. Yoshimoto K., Fukuda F., Hori M., Kato B., Kato H., Hattori H., et al. Acupuncture stimulates the release of serotonin, but not dopamine, in the rat nucleus accumbens. The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine 2006, 208(4):321-326.
89. Zhao Z.Q. Neural mechanism underlying acupuncture analgesia. Progress in Neurobiology 2008, 85(4):355-375.
90. Zhao R.J., Yoon S.S., Lee B.H., Kwon Y.K., Kim K.J., Shim I., et al. Acupuncture normalizes the release of accumbal dopamine during the withdrawal period and after the ethanol challenge in chronic ethanol-treated rats. Neuroscience Letters 2006, 395(1):28-32.
91. Zhao Z.L., Zhao G.W., Li H.Z., Yang X.D., Wu Y.Y., Lin F., et al. Acupuncture attenuates anxiety-like behavior by normalizing amygdaloid catecholamines during ethanol withdrawal in rats. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2011, 2011:429843.
92. Zhou Q., Zhao J., Cai D., Jiang Q., Yu S.G., Wei J., et al. The effect of electro-acupuncture on the imbalance between monoamine neurotransmitters and GABA in the CNS of rats with chronic emotional stress-induced anxiety. International Journal of Clinical Acupuncture 2008, 17(2):79-84.