FAN Xiaonong1, WANG Shu1, QIAN Yufei2, et al. Research on the Specificity of Acupuncture and Acupoint from the Viewpoint of Cerebral Hemodynamics[J]. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine2009, 50(8): 712-715.
FAN Xiaonong1, WANG Shu1, QIAN Yufei2, et al. Research on the Specificity of Acupuncture and Acupoint from the Viewpoint of Cerebral Hemodynamics[J]. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine2009, 50(8): 712-715.DOI: 10.13288/j.11-2166/r.2009.08.025.
Research on the Specificity of Acupuncture and Acupoint from the Viewpoint of Cerebral Hemodynamics
Objective To observe the specificity of acupoint and acupuncture in the mechanism of brain-hemodynamics on the model rats with middle cerebral artery obstruction(MCAO).Methods The MCAO rats were divided into Renzhong(DU26) group
Neiguan(PC6) group
non-acupoint group
non-acupuncture group and model group
12 rats in each group.And a normal group as well as a sham-operation group were set as control.Renzhong group
Neiguan group
and non-acupoint group were treated with acupuncture in the frequency of 3 times/second for 5 seconds.Then
the effect was observed with the indices of cerebral blood flow(CBF)
cerebral capillary caliber and the quantity of cerebral capillary under the light microscope.Results Compared with non-acupuncture group
in the three acupuncture-treated group
the quantity of CBF and cerebral capillary were increased with significant difference(P<0.05)
while the cerebral capillary caliber had the tendency of contraction(P>0.05)
indicating that acupuncture could improve pathologic state of brain-hemodynamics of MCAO rats obviously.Of the three acupuncture groups
the CBF increase was more obviously in Renzhong and Neiguan groups than in non-acupoint group
mainly manifested in slightly cerebral capillary caliber extending(P<0.05)
meanwhile the quantity of cerebral capillary in Renzhong group increased(P<0.05).Renzhong was better than Neiguan in promoting the production of cerebral capillaries.Conclusion Acu-points acupuncture are more effective than non-acupoint acupuncture in the improvement of brain-hemodynamics on rats with MCAO
and different acupoints have different effects through their specificity.