In recent years, the scientific community has increasingly turned its attention towards the potential benefits of electroacupuncture in managing various types of persistent pain. Research…
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Neural circuitry: latent, passive, and active acupoints
…acupuncture needling increases impulses from passive acupoints but calms signals from active acupoints. This electrophysiologic difference between passive and active acupoints has been confirmed by experimental data in rats (Y.-T. Ma, unpublished data).
Ma, S., & Sun, S. (2014). Biomedical Acupuncture for Pain Management: An Integrative Approach. Elsevier.
ITM articles on Multiple Sclerosis
Sabhuti Dharmananda is an amazing scholar and his experience is clearly transmitted through his writings. While studying in Portland I had the pleasure of hearing…
Glutamate-Glutamine
Glutamate is the most abundant neurotransmitter in the vertebrate system, and maintaining the correct levels necessary for normal function depends on the interaction of nerve…