Various acupuncture clinical trials have been conducted on migraine; however, the
conclusions remain controversial especially when acupuncture was compared with sham …

Acupuncture's actions have been explained by biomedical research. However, the meridian
system used in acupuncture needs further clarification. This review describes how …

Object. To explore the specific effect of the international standard scalp acupuncture (ISSA)
on patients with brain dysfunction after acute ischemic stroke (AIS) based on resting‐state …

The effects of acupuncture facilitating neural plasticity for treating diseases have been
identified by clinical and experimental studies. In the last two decades, the application of …

Background: Acupuncture reinforcing-reducing manipulation (ARRM) is a necessary
procedure of traditional Chinese acupuncture and an essential factor affecting the …

Background Antidepressants still have some side effects in treating major depressive
disorder (MDD), and acupuncture therapy is a complementary therapy of research interest …

Objective To identify topics attracting growing research attention as well as frontier trends of
acupuncture-neuroimaging research over the past two decades. Methods This paper …

Background Electroacupuncture (EA) has been shown to promote functional recovery after
cerebral ischemia–reperfusion (I/R) injury. However, the contribution of mitochondrial …

Objective In sham acupuncture-controlled acupuncture clinical trials, although sham
acupuncture techniques are different from those of verum acupuncture, the same …

Migraine is one of the most prevalent and disabling neurological disease, but the current
pharmacotherapies show limited efficacy and often accompanied by adverse effects …