Acupuncture Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Acupuncture, including details on alternative medicine, uses, benefits, treatment, chinese medicine.

Volume 5 (2008), Issue 12 (December)

1. An fMRI study of acupuncture using independent component analysis.
   Neurosci Lett, 449(1): 6-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Does Auricular Acupuncture Reduce Postoperative Vomiting After Cholecystectomy?
   J Altern Complement Med. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Chinese Acupuncture for Chronic Low Back Pain: An International Expert Survey.
   J Altern Complement Med, 14(9): 1089-1095. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. FMRI connectivity analysis of acupuncture effects on an amygdala-associated brain network.
   Mol Pain, 4: 55. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Study Protocol: effects of acupuncture on hot flushes in perimenopausal and postmenopausal women - a multicenter randomized clinical trial.
   Trials, 9(1): 70. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. The Effect of Acupuncture in the Treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
   J Altern Complement Med, 14(9): 1097-1105. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Patient Outcomes at a Traditional Chinese Medicine Teaching Clinic: A Prospective Data Collection Project.
   J Altern Complement Med, 14(9): 1083-1088. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Age-related decrease in constructive activation of Akt/PKB in SAMP10 hippocampus.
   Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 378(1): 103-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Acupuncture attenuates cocaine-induced expression of behavioral sensitization in rats: Possible involvement of the dopaminergic system in the ventral tegmental area.
   Neurosci Lett, 449(2): 128-32. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Isolated median sensory neuropathy after acupuncture.
    Arch Phys Med Rehabil, 89(12): 2379-81. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. One third of patients with radiotherapy-induced nausea consider their antiemetic treatment insufficient.
    Support Care Cancer, 17(1): 23-32. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Antiarrhythmic effect of acupuncture pretreatment in rats subjected to simulative global ischemia and reperfusion - involvement of adenylate cyclase, protein kinase a, and L-type ca(2+) channel.
    J Physiol Sci, 58(6): 389-96. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. First report of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus septic arthritis complicating acupuncture: simple procedure resulting in most devastating outcome.
    Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis, 63(1): 92-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Low-frequency electro-acupuncture reduces the nociceptive response and the pain mediator enhancement induced by nerve growth factor.
    Neurosci Lett, 449(3): 173-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Effects of Qigong exercises on 3 different parameters of human saliva.
    Chin J Integr Med, 14(4): 262-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Adenoviral gene transfer of acetylcholinesterase T subunit in the hypothalamus potentiates electroacupuncture analgesia in rats.
    Genes Brain Behav. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. The patient's experience of holistic care: insights from acupuncture research.
    Chronic Illn, 4(4): 264-77. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Eastern approaches for enhancing women's sexuality: mindfulness, acupuncture, and yoga (CME).
    J Sex Med, 5(12): 2741-8; quiz 2749. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Acupuncture for lowering blood pressure: systematic review and meta-analysis.
    Am J Hypertens, 22(1): 122-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Adjuvant therapy after surgical stone management.
    Adv Chronic Kidney Dis, 16(1): 52-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Patients' sensation during and after laserneedle versus metal needle treatment.
    Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol, 142(1): 68-72. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Effect of electroacupuncture on motor recovery in a rat stroke model during the early recovery stage.
    Brain Res, 1248: 176-83. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Treatments for Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Patients' Attitudes and Acceptability.
    BMC Complement Altern Med, 8(1): 65. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. The Biological Safety of Stainless Steel Needles Used in Warm-needling.
    Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Acupuncture protected cerebral multi-infarction rats from memory impairment by regulating the expression of apoptosis related genes Bcl-2 and Bax in hippocampus.
    Physiol Behav, 96(1): 155-161. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Trends and controversies in labor induction.
    MCN Am J Matern Child Nurs, 34(1): 40-7; quiz 48-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) by Washington State hospices.
    Am J Hosp Palliat Care, 25(6): 463-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Electroacupuncture induced spinal plasticity is linked to multiple gene expressions in dorsal root deafferented rats.
    J Mol Neurosci, 37(2): 97-110. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Effects of tender point acupuncture on delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS) - a pragmatic trial.
    Chin Med, 3: 14. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Electroencephalographic evaluation of gold wire implants inserted in acupuncture points in dogs with epileptic seizures.
    Res Vet Sci, 86(1): 152-61. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Functional neuroanatomical investigation of vision-related acupuncture point specificity--a multisession fMRI study.
    Hum Brain Mapp, 30(1): 38-46. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. The distribution of kisspeptin and its receptor GPR54 in rat dorsal root ganglion and up-regulation of its expression after CFA injection.
    Brain Res Bull. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. Teaching self-care at UCLA medical school.
    Explore (NY), 5(1): 61-2. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Randomized controlled trial of a special acupuncture technique for pain after thoracotomy.
    J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 136(6): 1464-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. Acupuncture for treating menopausal hot flushes: a systematic review.
    Climacteric, 12(1): 16-25. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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