Experimental acupuncturology. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jaung-Geng Lin, editor.
• Editors: Lin, Jaung Geng
• Contents: Intro; Foreword; Editor's Preface; Contents; 1: A Brief History of Acupuncture: From Traditional Acupuncturology to Experimental Acupuncturology; 1.1 Historical Events of Traditional Acupuncturology; 1.2 Historical Events of Experimental Acupuncturology; 1.3 Published Literature on Acupuncture; References; 2: Acupuncture Analgesia for Animals; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Inflammatory Pain; 2.3 Potential Mechanisms Underlying the Effects of Acupuncture in Inflammatory Pain; 2.4 Fibromyalgia Pain; 2.5 Possible Mechanisms Underlying FM in Mice; 2.6 Neuropathic Pain 2.7 Animal Behavior for Pain InvestigationReferences; 3: Electroacupuncture for the Treatment of Morphine and Cocaine Addiction; 3.1 Opioid Addiction; 3.2 Cocaine Addiction; 3.3 Acupuncture Treating Drug Addiction: Clinical Evidence; 3.3.1 Early Studies; 3.3.2 A Protocol in Western Countries: NADA; 3.3.3 Acupuncture Effectively Treats Opiate Addiction: Clinical Study Evidence; 3.3.4 Acupuncture for the Treatment of Cocaine Addiction: Clinical Study Evidence; 3.4 Conditioned Place Preference (CPP): Assessment of Rewarding Effects; 3.4.1 History 3.5 Possible Mechanisms for Drug Addiction and the Interaction with Acupuncture3.5.1 The Ventral Tegmental Area and the Nucleus Accumbens (NAc); 3.5.2 Effects of Acupuncture on Drug Addiction; 3.5.3 EA Reduces Morphine-Induced CPP; 3.5.4 Low-Frequency EA Can Induce a Rewarding Effect; 3.6 Acupuncture Reduces Cocaine-Induced Behavioral Sensitization; 3.6.1 Acupuncture Reduces Cocaine-Induced Seizures and Death; 3.7 Future Directions; References; 4: Acupuncture Treatment in Depression; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Major Depressive Disorder; 4.2.1 Clinical Manifestations 4.2.2 Biological Mechanisms4.2.3 Current Antidepressant Treatments Fail to Meet Clinical Needs; 4.2.4 Chinese Medicine Theory in Depression; 4.3 Overview of Acupuncture in Depression; 4.4 Antidepressant Effects of Acupuncture; 4.4.1 Methodology; 4.4.2 Results; 4.4.2.1 Medication Versus Acupuncture; 4.4.2.2 Acupuncture Plus Medication Versus Medication Only; 4.4.2.3 Verum Versus Sham Acupuncture; 4.4.2.4 Adverse Effects; 4.4.2.5 Acupoints; 4.4.3 Discussion; 4.4.4 Methodology Problems and Limitations; 4.5 Biological Mechanisms for Acupuncture in Depression; References
• Publisher Details: Singapore : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (x, 210 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 615.8/92; Acupuncture; Acupuncture; Acupuncture; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9789811309717
• Related ISBNs: 981130971X; 9789811309700; 9811309701
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed November 8, 2018).
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