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Acupuncture alleviates chronic pain and comorbid conditions in a mouse model of neuropathic pain: the involvement of DNA methylation in the prefrontal cortex1
“Peripheral nerve injury, which induces changes in global DNA methylation in the PFC, was reversed using acupuncture.”
Acupuncture for chronic pain and depression in primary care: a programme of research2
“We found acupuncture to be more than simply a placebo as it was more effective than sham acupuncture… Acupuncture was also found to be better than standard medical care for all of these chronic pain conditions.”
Neuroimaging Studies of Acupuncture on Low Back Pain: A Systematic Review3
“These studies covered the functional and structural changes elicited by acupuncture stimulation… The brain regions involved in acupuncture analgesia for LBP were mainly located in the pain matrix, DMN, SN, and DPMS, especially in the PFC, insula, cerebellum, SI, and ACC.”
- Jang, Jae-Hwana,b; Song, Eun-Moc; Do, Young-Hod; Ahn, Soraa,b; Oh, Ju-Younga,b; Hwang, Tae-Yeona,b; Ryu, Yeonheee; Jeon, Songheef; Song, Mi-Yeonc; Park, Hi-Joona,b,*. Acupuncture alleviates chronic pain and comorbid conditions in a mouse model of neuropathic pain: the involvement of DNA methylation in the prefrontal cortex. PAIN 162(2):p 514-530, February 2021. | DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002031 ↩︎
- MacPherson H, Vickers A, Bland M, Torgerson D, Corbett M, Spackman E, et al. Acupuncture for chronic pain and depression in primary care: a programme of research. Programme Grants Appl Res2017;5(3) ↩︎
- Front. Neurosci., 20 September 2021
Sec. Perception Science
Volume 15 – 2021 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2021.730322 ↩︎