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The history of electro therapy is recorded in ancient Egyptian and Roman writings. More recently, medical research, throughout the 20th century, has advanced and documented the effects of electro-therapy. There have been numerous publications by notable researchers from famous institutions, documenting effects of electro-therapy on the body and the electrical properties of the body’s acupuncture meridians. A very abbreviated list of publications follows:
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B. Scholz, R. Anderson. On Electrical Impedance Scanning-Principals and Simulations, Electromedica 68 – onco 2000 |
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JD Levine, HL Fields and AI Basbaum Peptides and the primary afferent nociceptor Journal of Neuroscience, Vol. 13, 2273-2286, 1993 |
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Sing Shu Ma, Review: Neurobiology of Acupuncture Toward: CAM, eCAM 2004; 1(1)41-47 |
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Sing Shu Ma, Shuang Chen, Nitric Oxide In Gracile Nucleus Mediates Depressor Response to Acupuncture (ST36), J Neurophys. 90 780-785, April 2003 |
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Han JS, Zhang M, and Ren MF. The effect of spinal transection on acupuncture analgesia and morphine analgesia. Kexue Tongbao 31: 710–715, 1986. |
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Ma Sx, Review: A Novel Signal Pathway, Nitric Oxide mediates acupuncture induced neuronal activity and analgesia in the dorsal medulla-thalamic tract. First World Congress on Chinese Medicine2003; 95:A7 |
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Mae-Wan Ho Ph.D., David P. Knight Ph.D. The Acupuncture system and The Liquid Crystalline Collagen Fibres of the Connective Tissues Liquid Crystalline Meridians American Journal of Complementary Medicine (in press) |
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Langevin HM, Yandow JA, Relationship of acupuncture points and meridians to connective tissue planes, Anat Rec. 2002 Dec 15;269(6):257-65 PMID: 12467083 |
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Becker, Robert O, The Body Electric, William Morrow and Co., New York. 1985 |
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Eric R. Kandel, James H. Schwartz, Thomas M. Jessell, Principles of Neuroscience Fourth Edition, McGraw Hill New York, NY 2000 |
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Leonard Kaczmarek, Ph.D., Mitochondrial voltage and neural connections, Yale Medicine Newsletter Spring 2002, New Haven Conn. |
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Bob Charman, Complementary Therapies for Physical Therapists Electrical Properties of Cells and Tissues, Butterworth-Heinemann/ Elsevier Books Linacre House Jordan Hill Oxford X2DP (Note: this is a great discussion on the electrical properties of cells and is available free of charge at: http://www.industryinet.com/~ruby/electpropcells.html srw) |
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H. Koprowski, H. Maeda, The Role of Nitric Oxide in Physiology and Pathophys -iology (Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology, Vol. 196) Springer-Verlag Telos ISBN: 0-387-58214-201 February, 1995 |
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Kaada B. Vasodilation induced by transcutaneous nerve stimulation in peripheral ischemia (Raynaud’s phenomenon and diabetic polyneropathy). Eur Heart J 3: 303–314, 1982. |
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Kaada B and Eieben O. In search of mediators of skin vasodilation induced by transcutaneous nerve stimulation. II. Serotonin implicated. Gen Parmacol 14: 635–664, 1983. |
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Richard E. Klabunde, Ph.D., Cardiovascular Physiology Concepts, Nitric Oxide, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2004 (www.cvphysiology.com) |
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T. Ishine, J.-G. Yu, Y. Asada, and T. J.-F. Lee, Nitric Oxide Is the Predominant Mediator for Neurogenic Vasodilation in Porcine Pial Veins, J. Pharmacol. Exp. Ther., April 1, 1999; 289(1): 398 - 404. |
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