Original paper
A neuroanatomical basis for electroacupuncture to drive the vagal–adrenal axis
Abstract
Somatosensory autonomic reflexes allow electroacupuncture stimulation (ES) to modulate body physiology at distant sites1–6 (for example, suppressing severe systemic inflammation6–9). Since the 1970s, an emerging organizational rule about these reflexes has been the presence of body-region specificity1–6. For example, ES at the hindlimb ST36 acupoint but not the abdominal ST25 acupoint can drive the vagal–adrenal anti-inflammatory axis...
Paper Details
Title
A neuroanatomical basis for electroacupuncture to drive the vagal–adrenal axis
Published Date
Oct 13, 2021
Journal
Volume
598
Issue
7882
Pages
641 - 645