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Acupuncture Improves Sleep Conditions of Minipigs Representing Diurnal Animals through an Anatomically Similar Point to the Acupoint (GV20) Effective for Humans
Acupuncture, an alternative medicine, has been widely applied for people with sleep disturbances; therefore, the effects should be evaluated objectively. Micro-minipigs (MMPigs), the smallest miniature pigs for animal experiments, were used. Acupuncture was performed at two different points: Dafengm...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3291379/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22461840 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/472982 |
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author | Takeishi, Ka-ichiro Horiuchi, Masahisa Kawaguchi, Hiroaki Deguchi, Yoshiki Izumi, Hiroyuki Arimura, Emi Kuchiiwa, Satoshi Tanimoto, Akihide Takeuchi, Toru |
author_facet | Takeishi, Ka-ichiro Horiuchi, Masahisa Kawaguchi, Hiroaki Deguchi, Yoshiki Izumi, Hiroyuki Arimura, Emi Kuchiiwa, Satoshi Tanimoto, Akihide Takeuchi, Toru |
author_sort | Takeishi, Ka-ichiro |
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description | Acupuncture, an alternative medicine, has been widely applied for people with sleep disturbances; therefore, the effects should be evaluated objectively. Micro-minipigs (MMPigs), the smallest miniature pigs for animal experiments, were used. Acupuncture was performed at two different points: Dafengmen is located on the head and is an anatomically similar point to human-Baihui (GV20), an effective acupoint for sleep disturbances in humans; pig-Baihui is on the back. The procedure was performed as follows: shallow, within 5 mm depth for several seconds; deep, 10–20 mm depth for 20 min. The sleep conditions were evaluated by actigraph, and the amount of catecholamine in pooled urine after acupuncture treatment. MMPigs with deep acupuncture at Dafengmen showed significantly efficient values on actigraph and catecholamine analysis as compared with untreated MMPigs. The effective acupoint for sleep conditions in the porcine model is at an anatomically similar point to humans, rather than the point determined by traditional Chinese medicine. |
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spelling | pubmed-32913792012-03-29 Acupuncture Improves Sleep Conditions of Minipigs Representing Diurnal Animals through an Anatomically Similar Point to the Acupoint (GV20) Effective for Humans Takeishi, Ka-ichiro Horiuchi, Masahisa Kawaguchi, Hiroaki Deguchi, Yoshiki Izumi, Hiroyuki Arimura, Emi Kuchiiwa, Satoshi Tanimoto, Akihide Takeuchi, Toru Evid Based Complement Alternat Med Research Article Acupuncture, an alternative medicine, has been widely applied for people with sleep disturbances; therefore, the effects should be evaluated objectively. Micro-minipigs (MMPigs), the smallest miniature pigs for animal experiments, were used. Acupuncture was performed at two different points: Dafengmen is located on the head and is an anatomically similar point to human-Baihui (GV20), an effective acupoint for sleep disturbances in humans; pig-Baihui is on the back. The procedure was performed as follows: shallow, within 5 mm depth for several seconds; deep, 10–20 mm depth for 20 min. The sleep conditions were evaluated by actigraph, and the amount of catecholamine in pooled urine after acupuncture treatment. MMPigs with deep acupuncture at Dafengmen showed significantly efficient values on actigraph and catecholamine analysis as compared with untreated MMPigs. The effective acupoint for sleep conditions in the porcine model is at an anatomically similar point to humans, rather than the point determined by traditional Chinese medicine. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012 2012-02-16 /pmc/articles/PMC3291379/ /pubmed/22461840 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/472982 Text en Copyright © 2012 Ka-ichiro Takeishi et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Takeishi, Ka-ichiro Horiuchi, Masahisa Kawaguchi, Hiroaki Deguchi, Yoshiki Izumi, Hiroyuki Arimura, Emi Kuchiiwa, Satoshi Tanimoto, Akihide Takeuchi, Toru Acupuncture Improves Sleep Conditions of Minipigs Representing Diurnal Animals through an Anatomically Similar Point to the Acupoint (GV20) Effective for Humans |
title | Acupuncture Improves Sleep Conditions of Minipigs Representing Diurnal Animals through an Anatomically Similar Point to the Acupoint (GV20) Effective for Humans |
title_full | Acupuncture Improves Sleep Conditions of Minipigs Representing Diurnal Animals through an Anatomically Similar Point to the Acupoint (GV20) Effective for Humans |
title_fullStr | Acupuncture Improves Sleep Conditions of Minipigs Representing Diurnal Animals through an Anatomically Similar Point to the Acupoint (GV20) Effective for Humans |
title_full_unstemmed | Acupuncture Improves Sleep Conditions of Minipigs Representing Diurnal Animals through an Anatomically Similar Point to the Acupoint (GV20) Effective for Humans |
title_short | Acupuncture Improves Sleep Conditions of Minipigs Representing Diurnal Animals through an Anatomically Similar Point to the Acupoint (GV20) Effective for Humans |
title_sort | acupuncture improves sleep conditions of minipigs representing diurnal animals through an anatomically similar point to the acupoint (gv20) effective for humans |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3291379/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22461840 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/472982 |
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