What is it about?

Using both manual acupuncture (MA) and electroacupuncture (EA), this study helps to understand the mechanisms of excitatory neurotransmission. Both methods shared the similar results and they increased the components of the transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily V member 1 (TRPV1) related signalling pathway

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Why is it important?

The result shows that the acupuncture manipulation activates the peripheral and the central nervous systems through a TRPV1-associated signalling pathway. Such correlation implies the real clinical significance

Perspectives

Multiple studies have demonstrated the importance of the activation of TRPV1 in therapeutic use. With better insight on the relationship between acupoints and peripheral sensory afferents, it helps better treatments combining acupuncture and medication

Yi-Wen Lin
China Medical University

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This page is a summary of: TRPV1 is a Responding Channel for Acupuncture Manipulation in Mice Peripheral and Central Nerve System, Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry, January 2018, Karger Publishers,
DOI: 10.1159/000493627.
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