Open Access<p>Prophylactic Electroacupuncture on the Upper Cervical Segments Decreases Neuronal Discharges of the Trigeminocervical Complex in Migraine-Affected Rats: An in vivo Extracellular Electrophysiological Experiment</p>
Author(s) -
Zhengyang Qu,
Lu Liu,
Luopeng Zhao,
Xiaobai Xu,
Zhijuan Li,
Yupu Zhu,
Chen Zhang,
Xiang-Hong Jing,
Xiaoyu Wang,
Bin Li,
Claire Shuiqing Zhang,
Marc Fisher,
Linpeng Wang
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of pain research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.888
H-Index - 49
ISSN - 1178-7090
DOI - 10.2147/jpr.s226922
Subject(s) - medicine , electroacupuncture , migraine , acupuncture , trigeminal nerve , anesthesia , brainstem , receptive field , stimulation , electrophysiology , neuroscience , pathology , alternative medicine , biology
This rat experiment aims to demonstrate the efficacy of electrical acupuncture in preventing migraine attacks by stimulating the acupoint GB20.