Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP) and Acupuncture?
Link To Audio File of the Interview
R. Douglas Fields interviews Geoffrey Burnstock of the University College London at an international meeting in Fukuoka. They discuss a new biological hypothesis for the action of acupuncture using ATP.
P2x3 respond. to ATP reacts to nerve signals interneurons go to the brain stem which has the motor neurons for organic function in digestion and respiration there are relay stations in the cortex for pain. Apparently, ATP is released in the presence of acupuncture needles.
Further Reading
Burnstock, G. (2009) Acupuncture: a novel hypothesis for the involvement of purinergic signaling. Med. Hypotheses, October, 74:470-2.
Fields, R.D. (2009) New Culprits in Chronic Pain. Scientific American November, 301: 50-57.
Fields, R.D. and Burnstock, G. (2006) Purinergic signalling in neuron-glia interactions.Nature Reviews Neuroscience June, 7(6): 423-36.
R. Douglas Fields interviews Geoffrey Burnstock of the University College London at an international meeting in Fukuoka. They discuss a new biological hypothesis for the action of acupuncture using ATP.
P2x3 respond. to ATP reacts to nerve signals interneurons go to the brain stem which has the motor neurons for organic function in digestion and respiration there are relay stations in the cortex for pain. Apparently, ATP is released in the presence of acupuncture needles.
Further Reading
Burnstock, G. (2009) Acupuncture: a novel hypothesis for the involvement of purinergic signaling. Med. Hypotheses, October, 74:470-2.
Fields, R.D. (2009) New Culprits in Chronic Pain. Scientific American November, 301: 50-57.
Fields, R.D. and Burnstock, G. (2006) Purinergic signalling in neuron-glia interactions.Nature Reviews Neuroscience June, 7(6): 423-36.
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