Jing-Jing Cui

TL;DR: The results indicated that local cutaneous nerve terminals and mast cells responded to MA with higher expression of SP and CGRP in nerve fibers, as well as with aggregation and degranulation of mast cells with HA and 5-HT granules at acupoint LI4.

TL;DR: The results showed that EA pretreatment could produce anti-arrhythmic effect in the rats subjected to SGIR, and this effect may be due at least partially to the inhibition of SGIR-induced calcium overload and [Ca2+]i oscillations, reduction of non-phosphorylated Cx43 and the enhancement of the corresponding phosphorylation in the cardiac cells.

TL;DR: The results indicate that the sensory and motor neurons associated with BL40 and GB30 are located in different spinal segments and regions in the nervous system, providing the neuroanatomical evidence to serve the specificity of acupoints.

TL;DR: Comparing the neuroanatomical characteristics of the deep and superficial tissues at acupuncture point LI11 using a neural tracing technique indicates that the motor and sensory innervation of muscle and subcutaneous tissue beneath LI11 differ, and suggests that acupuncture signals induced by deep and shallow needling stimulation may be transmitted through different neural pathways.

TL;DR: A new acupoint atlas with 3 dimension image mode is accomplished in the rat, being more convenient and applicable for researchers to edit the relevant graph materials in paper writing, and playing a possibly useful guidance for the standardization of ac upoint selection in experimental acupuncture researches.