Korean Journal of Acupuncture

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Inhibitory effect of acupuncture at HT7 on the sympathetic activations to smoking-related visual cues during smoking cessation

금단기간 중 흡연관련 시각자극에 의한 교감신경 반응에 대한 신문혈 침자극의 억제 효과

  • Chae, Youn-Byoung (Acupuncture and Meridian Science Research Center (AMSRC), Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Lee, Jeong-Chan (Department of Biomedical Engineering, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Park, Kyung-Mo (Department of Biomedical Engineering, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Lee, Hye-Jung (Acupuncture and Meridian Science Research Center (AMSRC), Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Kang, O-Seok (Acupuncture and Meridian Science Research Center (AMSRC), Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Kim, Song-Yi (Acupuncture and Meridian Science Research Center (AMSRC), Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Lee, Hwa-Jin (Acupuncture and Meridian Science Research Center (AMSRC), Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Yin, Chang-Sik (Acupuncture and Meridian Science Research Center (AMSRC), Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Park, Hi-Joon (Acupuncture and Meridian Science Research Center (AMSRC), Kyung Hee University)
  • 채윤병 (경희대학교 침구경락과학연구센터) ;
  • 이정찬 (경희대학교 동서의료공학과) ;
  • 박경모 (경희대학교 동서의료공학과) ;
  • 이혜정 (경희대학교 침구경락과학연구센터) ;
  • 강오석 (경희대학교 침구경락과학연구센터) ;
  • 김송이 (경희대학교 침구경락과학연구센터) ;
  • 이화진 (경희대학교 침구경락과학연구센터) ;
  • 인창식 (경희대학교 침구경락과학연구센터) ;
  • 박히준 (경희대학교 침구경락과학연구센터)
  • Published : 2009.12.27
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Abstract

Objectives : Cue reactivity is a key factor that modulates motivational goal-directed behavior associated with compulsive drug-taking and relapse. We investigated whether acupuncture attenuated the skin conductance response and the heart rate response to smoking-related visual cues in smokers. Methods : Twenty-nine smokers were treated with real acupuncture (RA) or sham acupuncture (SA). The stress response inventory was measured on the 5th day after quitting smoking. The skin conductance response and the heart rate were measured to evaluate the autonomic changes to the smoking related visual cues on the same day. Results : The sympathetic alterations in skin conductance and the heart rate induced by the smoking-related visual cues were significantly lower in the RA group, as compared to the SA group. The stress response inventory, such as somatization and frustration, in the RA group was significantly lower than that of the SA group. Conclusions : Acupuncture ameliorated the stress symptoms as well as the sympathetic activation to smoking cues during withdrawal. These findings indicate that acupuncture might be a useful tool in smoking cessation by inhibiting smoking cues-induced autonomic responses.

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