Journal of Acupuncture Research

Korean Acupuncture & Moxibustion Medicine Society (대한침구의학회)
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The Nuclear Medical Study on the Effect of ST36 Electroacupuncture on Cerebral Blood Flow

족삼리(足三里) 전침자극(電針刺戟)이 뇌혈류(腦血流)에 미치는 영향(影響)에 관한 핵의학적(核醫學的) 고찰(考察)

  • Kim, Il-du (Department of Acupuncture & Moxibustion, Kwang Ju Oriental Medical Hospital, College of Oriental Medicine, Won Kwang University) ;
  • Oh, Hei-hong (Department of Acupuncture & Moxibustion, Kwang Ju Oriental Medical Hospital, College of Oriental Medicine, Won Kwang University) ;
  • Song, Ho-chun (Department of Nuclear Medicine, Chon Nam National University Hospital) ;
  • Bom, Hee-seung (Department of Nuclear Medicine, Chon Nam National University Hospital) ;
  • Byun, Jae-yung (Department of Acupuncture & Moxibustion, Kwang Ju Oriental Medical Hospital, College of Oriental Medicine, Won Kwang University) ;
  • Ahn, Soo-gi (Department of Acupuncture & Moxibustion, Kwang Ju Oriental Medical Hospital, College of Oriental Medicine, Won Kwang University)
  • 김일두 (원광대학교 한의과대학 부속 광주한방병원 침구과) ;
  • 오희홍 (원광대학교 한의과대학 부속 광주한방병원 침구과) ;
  • 송호천 (전남대학교 의과대학 핵의학교실) ;
  • 범희승 (전남대학교 의과대학 핵의학교실) ;
  • 변재영 (원광대학교 한의과대학 부속 광주한방병원 침구과) ;
  • 안수기 (원광대학교 한의과대학 부속 광주한방병원 침구과)
  • Received : 2001.02.27
  • Accepted : 2001.03.17
  • Published : 2001.04.20
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Abstract

Purpose : To evaluate the effects of electroacupuncture on regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) at acupoints suggested by oriental medicine to be related to the treatment of cerebrovascuiar diseases. Materials and Methods : Rest/electroaeupuncture-stimulation Tc-99m ECD brain SPECT using a same-dose subtraction method was performed on 5 normal male volunteers (age range from 27 to 30 years) using electroacupuncture at acupoint, ST 36. In the control study, needle location was chosen on a non-meridian focus 1cm posterior to the right fibular head. All images were spatially normalized and the differences between rest and acupuncture stimulation were statistically analyzed using SPM$^{(R)}$ for Windows$^{(R)}$. Results : Electroacupuncture applied at ST36 increased rCBF in the left hemisphere, that is, the left parietal lobe(angular gyrus), the left temporal lobe, the left inferior frontal lobe around rectus gyrus and the left cerebellar hemisphere, a part of the left inferior frontal lobe. In the control stimulation, no significant rCBF increase was observed. Conclusion : The results demonstrate that electroacupuncture increases rCBF in the contralateral cerebral hemisphere.

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