On the basis of the consensus that acupuncture can regulate functional activities of nerves and blood vessels

we

in the present paper

discussed the physiological significance of the functional interactions between the two

and put forward a suitability between neurovascular coupling and acupuncture research

and held that the neurovascular coupling may be involved in 3 key links of the peripheral afferent process of acupuncture signals

central integration and regulation of target organs. Based on the differences in the expression of neurovascular coupling in different tissues

we proposed a feasibility of study on the diffe-rence of acupoint efficacies from acupoint-neurovascular coupling-acupuncture effect

and stimulation methods-neurovascular coupling-acupuncture effect.