Yan-Wei Li, Wei Li, Song-Tao Wang, Yi-Nan Gong, Bao-Min Dou, Zhong-Xi Lyu, Luis Ulloa, Shen-Jun Wang, Zhi-Fang Xu, Yi Guo
The autonomic nervous system (ANS) is a diffuse network that regulates physiological systems to maintain body homeostasis by integrating inputs from the internal and external environment, including the sympathetic, parasympathetic, and enteric nervous systems (ENS). Recent evidence suggests that ANS is one of the key neural pathways for acupuncture signal transduction, which has attracted worldwide attention in the acupuncture field. Here, we reviewed the basic and clinical research published in PubMed over the past 20 years on the effects of acupuncture on ANS regulation and homeostasis maintenance...
2022: Frontiers in Neuroscience