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Acupuncture's molecular effects pinned down
Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2010 1:47 am
by MSUK
Scientists have taken another important step toward understanding just how sticking needles into the body can ease pain.
In a paper published online May 30 in Nature Neuroscience, a team at the University of Rochester Medical Center identifies the molecule adenosine central player in parlaying some of the effects of acupuncture in the body. ... Read More -
http://www.msrc.co.uk/index.cfm/fuseact ... pageid/712
Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2010 3:40 am
by jimmylegs
har har har squiffy
Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2010 9:21 am
by Apuman
My experience with acupuncture led me to believe that it caused the greatest benefit by getting the body to relax, as one must learn to do when one has a dozen needles sticking into them
This article may be adressing the molecular side of that relaxation.
Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2010 2:28 pm
by concerned
I thought it just increased pain tolerance by getting the person accustomed to things piercing their flesh? It works anywhere on the body, works on mice etc.