Advanced Acupuncture Research: From Bench to Bedside

Table of Contents

1. Histopathological Basis for Acupuncture

Yongming Li*

2. Current Advances in Mathematical Models of Initial Response to Mechanical Stimulation at Acupoint

Wei Yao*

3. Signal Transduction in Acupoints

Xuezhi Wang, Wei Yao, Meng Huang, Di Zhang, Ying Xia, Guanghong Ding*

4. Cellular Mechanisms in Acupuncture Effects

Lina Wang, Ryszard Grygorczyk, Quanbao Gu, Wolfgang Schwarz*

5. Chemical and Physical Characteristics of Moxibustion

Ling Zhao, Xueyong Shen*

6. Imaging of Acupuncture's Effects: From bedside to bench

Kuinyu Lee, Yi Feng*

7. Meridians - Neurosensory Organs within the System of Homeostatic Regulation

Cui Yang, Erfan Ghanad, Nuno Correia, Sebastian Kirch, Jorge Machado, Anna Maimer, Maria Jo o Santos, Henry Johannes Greten*

8. Meridian-Viscera Correlationship: Theory and Mechanism of the Heart Meridian-Heart-Brain Interactions

Zijian Wu, Ronglin Cai, Shengbing Wu, Guoqi Zhu, Shuai Cui, Qing Yu, Jie Wang, Heren Gao, Yiping Zhou*

9. Autonomic Function and Electroacupuncture

Stephanie C. Tjen-A-Looi*, Liang-Wu Fu, Anh T. Nguyen, Yiwei Gong, Shaista Malik

10. Understanding of Myofasial Trigger Points: Acupuncture verses Dry Needling

Qiangmin Huang*, Hui Zhang, Yanru Zhang

11. Current Research in Silver Needle Acupuncture for Myofascitis

Yuan Qin*, Yi Zhao

12. Acupuncture in Supportive Care for Breast Cancer Survivors

Ming Jin, Huijuan Mao*

13. Alternative Therapies for Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy

Qiliang Maoying*, Yu Chen, Xiaochen Li

14. Acupuncture and Related Techniques for Perioperative Care of Surgical Patients

Shuming Wang*

15. Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal Axis: A Bridge between acupuncture and diseases

Jing Zhu, Zhanzhuang Tian*

16. Neurobiological Mechanism of Acupuncture Analgesia in Chronic Somatic Pain

Wei Yang, Teng Chen, Wen-Wen Zhang, Ya-Chen Yang, Jia-He Tian, Yan-Qing Wang*

17. Analgesic Effects of Acupuncture on Orofacial Pain

Yu-Xia Chu*, Teng Chen, Wen-Wen Zhang, Sheng-Jie Zhu

18. Itch and the Antipruritic Effect of Acupuncture

Wenli Mi*, Lixia Du, Yayue Yang

19. Acupuncture for Autism Spectrum Disorders

Zhenhuan Liu*, Bingxu Jin, Yong Zhao

20. Acupuncture Treatment for Multiple Sclerosis

Jun Wang*, Shuai Wu

21. The Clinical and Experimental Study on Acupuncture for Chi