TY - JOUR
T1 - Abdominal acupuncture reduces laser-evoked potentials in healthy subjects
AU - Pazzaglia, C.
AU - Liguori, S.
AU - Minciotti, I.
AU - Testani, E.
AU - Tozzi, A. E.
AU - Liguori, A.
AU - Petti, F.
AU - Padua, L.
AU - Valeriani, M.
PY - 2015/9/1
Y1 - 2015/9/1
N2 - Objective: Acupuncture is known to reduce clinical pain, although the exact mechanism is unknown. The aim of the current study was to investigate the effect of acupuncture on laser-evoked potential amplitudes and laser pain perception. Methods: In order to evaluate whether abdominal acupuncture is able to modify pain perception, 10 healthy subjects underwent a protocol in which laser-evoked potentials (LEPs) and laser pain perception were collected before the test (baseline), during abdominal acupuncture, and 15. min after needle removal. The same subjects also underwent a similar protocol in which, however, sham acupuncture without any needle penetration was used. Results: During real acupuncture, both N1 and N2/P2 amplitudes were reduced, as compared to baseline (p
AB - Objective: Acupuncture is known to reduce clinical pain, although the exact mechanism is unknown. The aim of the current study was to investigate the effect of acupuncture on laser-evoked potential amplitudes and laser pain perception. Methods: In order to evaluate whether abdominal acupuncture is able to modify pain perception, 10 healthy subjects underwent a protocol in which laser-evoked potentials (LEPs) and laser pain perception were collected before the test (baseline), during abdominal acupuncture, and 15. min after needle removal. The same subjects also underwent a similar protocol in which, however, sham acupuncture without any needle penetration was used. Results: During real acupuncture, both N1 and N2/P2 amplitudes were reduced, as compared to baseline (p
KW - Acupuncture
KW - Laser-evoked potentials
KW - Pain perception
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U2 - 10.1016/j.clinph.2014.11.015
DO - 10.1016/j.clinph.2014.11.015
M3 - Article
C2 - 25541523
AN - SCOPUS:84938991763
SN - 1388-2457
VL - 126
SP - 1761
EP - 1768
JO - Clinical Neurophysiology
JF - Clinical Neurophysiology
IS - 9
ER -