WANG Ya-li, YU Zhi, XU Bin. Progress of Studies on Mechanisms of Acupuncture Underlying Regulation of Cardiac Function Via Autonomic Nervous System[J]. Acupuncture research, 2014, 39(1): 83-86.
WANG Ya-li, YU Zhi, XU Bin. Progress of Studies on Mechanisms of Acupuncture Underlying Regulation of Cardiac Function Via Autonomic Nervous System[J]. Acupuncture research, 2014, 39(1): 83-86. DOI: 10.13702/j.1000-0607.2014.01.016.
Acupuncture therapy has been confirmed to be effective in treating cardiovascular diseases in clinical practice.Acupuncture-induced balance of the autonomic nervous system activities is one of its key mechanisms.In the present paper
the authors review progress of studies on acupuncture treatment of cardiovascular diseases from 1)regulating cardiac sympathetic-beta-adrenergic receptor activity and myocardial intracellular GTP-binding protein(Gs)-adenylylcyclase(AC)-cyclic adenosine monophosphate(cAMP)-protein kinase(PKA)signaling
and 2)balancing cardiac sympathetic and vagal nerve activities.Due to limited experimental conditions
in-depth studies about the mechanisms of acupuncture intervention underlying improvement of cardiovascular functions are relatively fewer up to now.Along with the further development of modern biology
the mechanism of acupuncture intervention underlying regulation of cardiac function via autonomic nerve system will be revealed in detail.