DECREASED HEART-RATE BY ACUPUNCTURE STIMULATION IN HUMANS VIA FACILITATION OF CARDIAC VAGAL ACTIVITY AND SUPPRESSION OF CARDIAC SYMPATHETIC-NERVE

Authors
NISHIJO K MORI H YOSIKAWA K YAZAWA K
Citation
K. Nishijo et al., DECREASED HEART-RATE BY ACUPUNCTURE STIMULATION IN HUMANS VIA FACILITATION OF CARDIAC VAGAL ACTIVITY AND SUPPRESSION OF CARDIAC SYMPATHETIC-NERVE, Neuroscience letters, 227(3), 1997, pp. 165-168
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Neurosciences
Journal title
Neuroscience letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
03043940
Volume
227
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
165 - 168
Database
ISI
SICI code
0304-3940(1997)227:3<165:DHBASI>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
The effect of acupuncture stimulation applied to a Ximen point (P4) of a forearm on heart rate was studied in healthy volunteer human subjec ts. Acupuncture stimulation decreased heart rate, or gave no significa nt response. The decreased response of heart rate following acupunctur e was attenuated by administration of atropine and propranolol. Theref ore, the acupuncture-induced response of decrease in heart rate was co ncluded to be a result of a reciprocal coordination of an increase in cardiac vagal activity and a decrease in cardiac sympathetic activity. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd.