scholarly journals Principle Study of Head Meridian Acupoint Massage to Stress Release via Grey Data Model Analysis

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ya-Ting Lee
Keyword(s):  
Nervous System ◽  
Autonomic Nervous System ◽  
Data Model ◽  
Model Analysis ◽  
Action Principle ◽  
Acupuncture Points ◽  
Autonomic Nerves ◽  
Physiological Factors ◽  
Autonomic Nervous ◽  
The Status

This paper presents the scientific study of the effectiveness and action principle of head meridian acupoint massage by applying the grey data model analysis approach. First, the head massage procedure for massaging the important head meridian acupuncture points including Taiyang, Fengfu, Tianzhu, Fengqi, and Jianjing is formulated in a standard manner. Second, the status of the autonomic nervous system of each subject is evaluated by using the heart rate variability analyzer before and after the head massage following four weeks. Afterward, the physiological factors of autonomic nerves are quantitatively analyzed by using the grey data modeling theory. The grey data analysis can point out that the status of autonomic nervous system is greatly improved after the massage. The order change of the grey relationship weighting of physiological factors shows the action principle of the sympathetic and parasympathetic nerves when performing head massage. In other words, the grey data model is able to distinguish the detailed interaction of the autonomic nervous system and the head meridian acupoint massage. Thus, the stress relaxing effect of massaging head meridian acupoints is proved, which is lacked in literature. The results can be a reference principle for massage health care in practice.

Effect of Acupuncture on Heart Rate Variability in Primary Dysmenorrheic Women

2011 ◽  
Vol 39 (02) ◽  
pp. 243-249 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eunsook Kim ◽  
Jung-Hoon Cho ◽  
Woo Sang Jung ◽  
Sanghoon Lee ◽  
Sok Cheon Pak
Keyword(s):  
Heart Rate ◽  
Heart Rate Variability ◽  
Nervous System ◽  
Autonomic Nervous System ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Acupuncture Points ◽  
Primary Dysmenorrhea ◽  
Autonomic Nervous ◽  
Real Acupuncture ◽  
Late Luteal Phase

Primary dysmenorrhea is a common gynecological complaint among young women that is related to an autonomic nervous system (ANS) disturbance. Acupuncture is one of several therapeutic approaches for primary dysmenorrhea, since it can modulate ANS function. The heart rate variability (HRV) parameters such as high frequency (HF), low frequency (LF) and LF/HF ratio are generally accepted tools to assess ANS activity. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of acupuncture applied at Hegu (LI4) and Sanyinjiao (SP6) points on HRV of women with primary dysmenorrhea during the late luteal phase. The experimental design was a crossover and patient-blinded procedure. All subjects participated in Sham (SA) and Real Acupuncture (RA) procedure, separated by one month, in a crossover sequence. The participants included 38 women (mean age 22.3 years; weight 53.8 kg; height 162.6 cm). HRV measurement was 15 min before and 15 min after an acupuncture procedure. The RA procedure was performed at two bilateral acupoints, but needles were inserted subcutaneously to the acupuncture points for the SA procedure. The RA induced a significant decrease in LF/HF ratio and a significant increase in the HF power, while SA treatment caused a significant increase only in the HF power. Manual acupuncture at bilateral acupoints of LI4 and SP6 may play a role in dysmenorrhea treatment with autonomic nervous system involvement.

Aging, disease and the autonomic nervous system

1997 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 119-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth J Collins
Keyword(s):  
Nervous System ◽  
Autonomic Nervous System ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Autonomic Nerve ◽  
Autonomic Nerves ◽  
Autonomic Nervous ◽  
Nerve Structure ◽  
Degree Of Certainty ◽  
Development And Aging ◽  
And Function

Autonomic disorders in old age can be attributed to several main features associated with aging: the intrinsic neurobiological changes that occur with age, degenerative changes in effector organs innervated by autonomic nerves, and secondary involvement of the autonomic nervous system (ANS) in disease processes. As in most areas of clinical geriatrics, the distinction between disorders ascribed to ‘normal’ aging and those attributable to diseases of old age is difficult to make with any degree of certainty. Neurobiological changes with age have become the subject of intense investigation in recent years, with improvements in techniques for assessing autonomic nerve structure and function. This has included a better understanding of neurotransmitter and receptor transformations during development and aging. The versatility of the ANS, or ‘plasticity’, involves interactions with target organs, e.g. via nerve growth factor (NGF) and with other neurons, and it is as vital to the mature and aging autonomic neuron as it is during development. Some neurotrophic features of aging in the ANS and in disease processes in old age are considered in this paper.

A demonstration of sympathetic cotransmission

2010 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 217-221 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher D. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Nervous System ◽  
Autonomic Nervous System ◽  
Neuropeptide Y ◽  
Large Volume ◽  
Autonomic Nerves ◽  
Rat Tail Artery ◽  
Tail Artery ◽  
Autonomic Nervous ◽  
Rat Tail

Currently, most undergraduate textbooks that cover the autonomic nervous system retain the concept that autonomic nerves release either acetylcholine or norepinephrine. However, in recent years, a large volume of research has superseded this concept with one in which autonomic nerves normally release at least one cotransmitter along with a dominant transmitter that may or may not be acetylcholine or norepinephrine. Cotransmission involving the simultaneous release of norepinephrine, ATP, and neuropeptide Y can easily be demonstrated in an isometric ring preparation of the rat tail artery, which is described here. The experiment clearly demonstrates the principle of cotransmission but allows more advanced concepts in autonomic cotransmission to be addressed.

scholarly journals Role of α- and β-adrenergic signaling in phenotypic targeting: significance in benign and malignant urologic disease

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Archer ◽  
N. Dogra ◽  
Z. Dovey ◽  
T. Ganta ◽  
H.-S. Jang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nervous System ◽  
Autonomic Nervous System ◽  
Urinary Tract ◽  
The Body ◽  
Renal Tumors ◽  
Current Evidence ◽  
Autonomic Nerves ◽  
Mesenchymal Transition ◽  
Autonomic Nervous ◽  
Urologic Disease

AbstractThe urinary tract is highly innervated by autonomic nerves which are essential in urinary tract development, the production of growth factors, and the control of homeostasis. These neural signals may become dysregulated in several genitourinary (GU) disease states, both benign and malignant. Accordingly, the autonomic nervous system is a therapeutic target for several genitourinary pathologies including cancer, voiding dysfunction, and obstructing nephrolithiasis. Adrenergic receptors (adrenoceptors) are G-Protein coupled-receptors that are distributed throughout the body. The major function of α1-adrenoceptors is signaling smooth muscle contractions through GPCR and intracellular calcium influx. Pharmacologic intervention of α-and β-adrenoceptors is routinely and successfully implemented in the treatment of benign urologic illnesses, through the use of α-adrenoceptor antagonists. Furthermore, cell-based evidence recently established the antitumor effect of α1-adrenoceptor antagonists in prostate, bladder and renal tumors by reducing neovascularity and impairing growth within the tumor microenvironment via regulation of the phenotypic epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT). There has been a significant focus on repurposing the routinely used, Food and Drug Administration-approved α1-adrenoceptor antagonists to inhibit GU tumor growth and angiogenesis in patients with advanced prostate, bladder, and renal cancer. In this review we discuss the current evidence on (a) the signaling events of the autonomic nervous system mediated by its cognate α- and β-adrenoceptors in regulating the phenotypic landscape (EMT) of genitourinary organs; and (b) the therapeutic significance of targeting this signaling pathway in benign and malignant urologic disease.

scholarly journals The status of autonomic nervous system and adaptation in infants with the different types of intrauterine growth restriction

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 15-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dmitry O Ivanov ◽  
Lyudmila V Kozlova ◽  
Vitaly V Derevtsov
Keyword(s):  
Nervous System ◽  
Autonomic Nervous System ◽  
Autonomic Dysfunction ◽  
Intrauterine Growth Restriction ◽  
Sympathetic Activity ◽  
Growth Restriction ◽  
Autonomic Nervous ◽  
Intrauterine Growth ◽  
Different Types ◽  
The Status

The article presents the characteristics of the status of autonomic nervous system and adaptation in babies with the different types of intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR). In infants the presence of symmetrical IUGR in comparison to asymmetrical IUGR is related to higher frequency of first- and second-degree cerebral ishaemia at birth and autonomic dysfunction starting from the second six months of life. Thus, babies with symmetrical IUGR display: lower sympathetic nervous system activity and depletion of adaptation reserves at the age of two-three days; higher sympathetic activity and strain on adaptation, high frequency of asympathicotonic responsiveness of the autonomic nervous system at the age of one month; higher sympathetic activity and higher frequency of adaptation strain with the prevalence of adaptation failure at the age of three months; lower sympathetic activity and higher frequency of asympathicotonic autonomic responsiveness at the age of six months; higher sympathetic activity and strain on compensatory reserves, higher frequency of asympathicotonic autonomic responsiveness and adaptation dysfunction with the prevalence of unsatisfactory adaptation at the age of 12 months. The proven facts should lead neonatologists and pediatricians to specifically monitor infants having had intrauterine growth restriction in their past medical history, especially those who have suffered from symmetrical intrauterine growth restriction, and to take preventive measures against autonomic dysfunction in the first six months of life of such infants and curative measures starting with non-pharmacologic ones or with a sparing use of drugs in the second six months of life. At the same time, infants having had asymmetrical intrauterine growth restriction demand special attention during the neonatal period and at the age of twelve months.

scholarly journals Brain–heart interactions: physiology and clinical implications

2016 ◽  
Vol 374 (2067) ◽  
pp. 20150181 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandro Silvani ◽  
Giovanna Calandra-Buonaura ◽  
Roger A. L. Dampney ◽  
Pietro Cortelli
Keyword(s):  
Nervous System ◽  
Autonomic Nervous System ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Autonomic Nerves ◽  
Autonomic Nervous ◽  
Traumatic Lesions ◽  
Premotor Neurons ◽  
Reflex Activation ◽  
Autonomic Hyperactivity ◽  
The Brain

The brain controls the heart directly through the sympathetic and parasympathetic branches of the autonomic nervous system, which consists of multi-synaptic pathways from myocardial cells back to peripheral ganglionic neurons and further to central preganglionic and premotor neurons. Cardiac function can be profoundly altered by the reflex activation of cardiac autonomic nerves in response to inputs from baro-, chemo-, nasopharyngeal and other receptors as well as by central autonomic commands, including those associated with stress, physical activity, arousal and sleep. In the clinical setting, slowly progressive autonomic failure frequently results from neurodegenerative disorders, whereas autonomic hyperactivity may result from vascular, inflammatory or traumatic lesions of the autonomic nervous system, adverse effects of drugs and chronic neurological disorders. Both acute and chronic manifestations of an imbalanced brain–heart interaction have a negative impact on health. Simple, widely available and reliable cardiovascular markers of the sympathetic tone and of the sympathetic–parasympathetic balance are lacking. A deeper understanding of the connections between autonomic cardiac control and brain dynamics through advanced signal and neuroimage processing may lead to invaluable tools for the early detection and treatment of pathological changes in the brain–heart interaction.

scholarly journals Regulation of the Autonomic Nervous System on Intestine

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hongyi Duan ◽  
Xueqin Cai ◽  
Yingying Luan ◽  
Shuo Yang ◽  
Juan Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nervous System ◽  
Autonomic Nervous System ◽  
Cellular Proliferation ◽  
Autonomic Nerve ◽  
Intestinal Cell ◽  
Autonomic Nerves ◽  
Intestinal Diseases ◽  
Autonomic Nervous ◽  
And Function ◽  
Autonomic Nerve System

Intestine is composed of various types of cells including absorptive epithelial cells, goblet cells, endocrine cells, Paneth cells, immunological cells, and so on, which play digestion, absorption, neuroendocrine, immunological function. Intestine is innervated with extrinsic autonomic nerves and intrinsic enteric nerves. The neurotransmitters and counterpart receptors are widely distributed in the different intestinal cells. Intestinal autonomic nerve system includes sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems, which regulate cellular proliferation and function in intestine under physiological and pathophysiological conditions. Presently, distribution and functional characteristics of autonomic nervous system in intestine were reviewed. How autonomic nervous system regulates intestinal cell proliferation was discussed. Function of autonomic nervous system on intestinal diseases was extensively reviewed. It might be helpful to properly manipulate autonomic nervous system during treating different intestinal diseases.

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