scholarly journals Effect of Acupuncture-Like Stimulation on Cortical Cerebral Blood Flow in Anesthetized Rats.

2000 ◽  
Vol 50 (5) ◽  
pp. 495-507 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sae Uchida ◽  
Fusako Kagitani ◽  
Atsuko Suzuki ◽  
Yoshihiro Aikawa
Keyword(s):  
Blood Flow ◽  
Cerebral Blood Flow ◽  
Anesthetized Rats ◽  
Cortical Cerebral Blood Flow

Effect of acupuncture-like stimulation on cortical cerebral blood flow in anesthetized rats

2002 ◽  
Vol 1238 ◽  
pp. 89-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sae Uchida ◽  
Atsuko Suzuki ◽  
Fusako Kagitani ◽  
Yoshihiro Aikawa
Keyword(s):  
Blood Flow ◽  
Cerebral Blood Flow ◽  
Anesthetized Rats ◽  
Cortical Cerebral Blood Flow

scholarly journals Acupuncture Affects Regional Blood Flow in Various Organs

2008 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sae Uchida ◽  
Harumi Hotta
Keyword(s):  
Blood Flow ◽  
Cerebral Blood Flow ◽  
The Body ◽  
Neural Mechanisms ◽  
Uterine Blood Flow ◽  
Afferent Pathway ◽  
Antidromic Activation ◽  
Efferent Nerve ◽  
Afferent Nerves ◽  
Cortical Cerebral Blood Flow

In this review, our recent studies using anesthetized animals concerning the neural mechanisms of vasodilative effect of acupuncture-like stimulation in various organs are briefly summarized. Responses of cortical cerebral blood flow and uterine blood flow are characterized as non-segmental and segmental reflexes. Among acupuncture-like stimuli delivered to five different segmental areas of the body; afferent inputs to the brain stem (face) and to the spinal cord at the cervical (forepaw), thoracic (chest or abdomen), lumbar (hindpaw) and sacral (perineum) levels, cortical cerebral blood flow was increased by stimuli to face, forepaw and hindpaw. The afferent pathway of the responses is composed of somatic groups III and IV afferent nerves and whose efferent nerve pathway includes intrinsic cholinergic vasodilators originating in the basal forebrain. Uterine blood flow was increased by cutaneous stimulation of the hindpaw and perineal area, with perineal predominance. The afferent pathway of the response is composed of somatic group II, III and IV afferent nerves and the efferent nerve pathway includes the pelvic parasympathetic cholinergic vasodilator nerves. Furthermore, we briefly summarize vasodilative regulation of skeletal muscle blood flow via a calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) induced by antidromic activation of group IV somatic afferent nerves. These findings in healthy but anesthetized animals may be applicable to understanding the neural mechanisms improving blood flow in various organs following clinical acupuncture.

Intraoperative measurement of peritumoral regional cortical cerebral blood flow

1996 ◽  
Author(s):  
P Sioutos ◽  
L Carter ◽  
M Weinand ◽  
A Hamilton ◽  
J Nees ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Flow ◽  
Cerebral Blood Flow ◽  
Cortical Cerebral Blood Flow
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