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SUBMITTER: Kim DH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5680247 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kim Do-Hee DH Ryu Yeonhee Y Hahm Dae Hyun DH Sohn Boo Yong BY Shim Insop I Kwon O Sang OS Chang Suchan S Gwak Young Seob YS Kim Min Sun MS Kim Jae Hyo JH Lee Bong Hyo BH Jang Eun Young EY Zhao Rongjie R Chung Jin Mo JM Yang Chae Ha CH Kim Hee Young HY
Scientific reports 20171109 1
Acupuncture, a traditional medical procedure practised for over 2000 years in Asia, stimulates specific but poorly defined sites called acupoints. To date, no unique anatomical acupoint structures have been found. However, noxious sensory signals from visceral organs produce hypersensitive spots on the skin (neurogenic spots), caused by cutaneous neurogenic inflammation, in the dermatome that overlaps with visceral afferent innervations. Here, we show that an acupoint is one form of neurogenic i ...[more]