[Study on mechanisms of acupuncture underlying improvement of CUMS-induced depression in rats based on tandem mass spectrometry proteomics technique].

Objective: To investigate the possible mechanism of "regulating qi and relieving depression" acupuncture underlying improvement of chronic unpredictable mild stress (CUMS)-induced depression in rats by using Tandem Mass Tags(TMT) quantitative proteomics technique.

Methods: Thirty-six male SD rats were randomly divided into control, model and acupuncture groups, with 12 rats in each group. The depression model was induced by CUMS stress for 21 days.

[ acupuncture for treatment-resistant depression: a randomized controlled trial].

Objective: To observe the effect of (regulating and relieving depression) acupuncture on the clinical symptoms of treatment-resistant depression (TRD), and to explore the relationship between the acupuncture pain sensitivity and symptom's improvement.

Methods: A total of 78 patients with TRD were randomly divided into an observation group (39 cases, 3 cases dropped off) and a control group (39 cases, 4 cases dropped off). The patients in the control group were treated with medications according to the treatment plan of psychiatrists (at least one medication was 5-hydroxytryptamine reuptake inhibitor).

Effect of Electroacupuncture Based on ERAS for Preoperative Anxiety in Breast Cancer Surgery: A Single-Center, Randomized, Controlled Trial.

Background: To evaluate the effect of electroacupuncture (EA) based on enhanced recovery after surgery on preoperative anxiety in patients undergoing breast cancer surgery.

Patients And Methods: This was a single-center, randomized, controlled, single-blind clinical trial. Between December 2018 and 2019, 144 female undergoing breast conserving surgery were assigned to conventional (A), preoperative EA (B), intraoperative EA (C), and combination of preoperative and intraoperative EA (D) groups.

Acupuncture for post-stroke depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: Acupuncture for post-stroke depression (PSD) has been evolving, but uncertainty remains. To assess the existing evidence from randomized clinical trials (RCTs) of acupuncture for PSD, we sought to draw conclusions by synthesizing RCTs.

Methods: An exhaustive literature search was conducted in seven electronic databases from their inception dates to April 19, 2020, to identify systematic reviews (SRs) and meta-analyses (MAs) on this topic.

Can acupuncture therapy reduce preoperative anxiety? A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: Acupuncture therapy has shown promise for effectively relieving preoperative anxiety. Nevertheless, previous findings from randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are inconsistent and must be examined in detail.

Objective: This study systematically evaluates the efficacy and safety of acupuncture therapy for preoperative anxiety as well as the quality of evidence supporting this application.

Dystrophin is required for normal synaptic gain in the Drosophila olfactory circuit.

The Drosophila olfactory system provides an excellent model to elucidate the neural circuits that control behaviors elicited by environmental stimuli. Despite significant progress in defining olfactory circuit components and their connectivity, little is known about the mechanisms that transfer the information from the primary antennal olfactory receptor neurons to the higher order brain centers. Here, we show that the Dystrophin Dp186 isoform is required in the olfactory system circuit for olfactory functions.

Effects of blood-feeding on olfactory sensitivity of the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae: application of mixed linear models to account for repeated measurements.

Olfaction plays an important role in the host-seeking behavior of the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae. After a complete blood meal, female mosquitoes will not engage in host-seeking behavior until oviposition has occurred. We investigated if peripheral olfactory sensitivity changed after a blood meal by recording electroantennograms (EAGs) of female mosquitoes at three time points (2h, 48 h and 72 h) to 15 volatile kairomones of either human origin or documented to emanate from oviposition sites.

Relation between HLA genes, human skin volatiles and attractiveness of humans to malaria mosquitoes.

Chemical cues are considered to be the most important cues for mosquitoes to find their hosts and humans can be ranked for attractiveness to mosquitoes based on the chemical cues they emit. Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) genes are considered to be involved in the regulation of human body odor and may therefore affect human attractiveness to mosquitoes, and hence, affect the force of malaria transmission. In the present study the correlations between HLA profiles, human skin volatiles and human attractiveness to the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae Giles sensu stricto were examined.

[Analgesic effect of acupuncture compound anesthesia in functionality nasal endoscopic sinus surgery].

Objective: To verify the analgesic effect of acupuncture compound anesthesia in functionality nasal endoscopic sinus surgery (FNES).

Methods: Ninety patients undergoing FNES were randomly divided into three groups. Group A was treated with routine local anesthesia, and group B and C were treated with electroacupuncture at Yintang (EX-HN 3) and Yingxiang (LI 20) for 30 min before local anesthesia.

[Influence of acupuncture-drug compound anesthesia with different frequency electroacupuncture on immune function in patients undergoing pneumonectomy].

Objective: To explore different frequency electroacupuncture in acupuncture-drug compound anesthesia on analgesic effect and immune function in the pulmonary resection patients in order to recommend the best electroacupuncture frequency in acupuncture-drug compound anesthesia.

Methods: One hundred and sixty-three patients scheduled for pneumonectomy were randomly divided into group A (n = 31), B (n = 34), C (n = 32), D (n = 34) and E (n = 32). Houxi (SI 3), Zhigou (TE 6), Neiguan (PC 6) and Hegu (LI 4) were selected in the five groups.

[Discussion about acupuncture anesthesia applied to nasal operation].

In view of the characteristics of different analgesic methods applied to nasal operation, the principle of point selection in acupuncture anesthesia, the frequency of electroacupuncture and the assessment of operation, it was stated that the compound acupuncture anesthesia not only prevented from incomplete analgesia of local anesthesia, but also avoided the adverse reactions of general anesthesia in this paper. Moreover, by reducing the dose of narcotics, the unique advantage of acupuncture anesthesia could be displayed. At present, it was initially believed that a satisfactory analgesia could be achieved by acupuncture at Yingxiang (LI 2) and Yintang (EX-HN 3), with 30 Hz, continuous wave.

Composition of human skin microbiota affects attractiveness to malaria mosquitoes.

The African malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae sensu stricto continues to play an important role in malaria transmission, which is aggravated by its high degree of anthropophily, making it among the foremost vectors of this disease. In the current study we set out to unravel the strong association between this mosquito species and human beings, as it is determined by odorant cues derived from the human skin. Microbial communities on the skin play key roles in the production of human body odour.

[Observation on the anti-stress effect of acupuncture-assisted anesthesia for puhnlmonary lobectomy patients].

Objective: To observe the anti-stress effect of acupuncture-assisted anesthesia in patients undergoing pulmonary lobectomy.

Methods: A randomized, controlled, single-blind clinical trial was conducted in the present study. A total of 48 patients undergoing pulmonary lobectomy were randomized into regular general anesthesia (RGA), general anesthesia combined with 2 Hz electroacupuncture (EA) (GA+2 Hz-EA), general anesthesia combined with 2 Hz/100 Hz EA (GA+2 Hz/100 Hz-EA), and GA + 100 Hz-EA groups (n=12).

The effect of aliphatic carboxylic acids on olfaction-based host-seeking of the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae sensu stricto.

The role of aliphatic carboxylic acids in host-seeking response of the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae sensu stricto was examined both in a dual-choice olfactometer and with indoor traps. A basic attractive blend of ammonia + lactic acid served as internal standard odor. Single carboxylic acids were tested in a tripartite blend with ammonia + lactic acid.

Structure and electrophysiological responses of gustatory organs on the ovipositor of the parasitoid Leptopilina heterotoma.

Location, structure and histology of chemosensilla on the tip of the ovipositor of the parasitoid Leptopilina heterotoma are described based on SEM and TEM studies. Furthermore, we developed a method for recording extracellular action potentials from the gustatory neurons in response to host haemolymph. This method allowed us to record multi-unit recordings from a sensillum occurring singly on the unpaired ovipositor valve.

Odor coding in the maxillary palp of the malaria vector mosquito Anopheles gambiae.

Background: Many species of mosquitoes, including the major malaria vector Anopheles gambiae, utilize carbon dioxide (CO(2)) and 1-octen-3-ol as olfactory cues in host-seeking behaviors that underlie their vectorial capacity. However, the molecular and cellular basis of such olfactory responses remains largely unknown.

Results: Here, we use molecular and physiological approaches coupled with systematic functional analyses to define the complete olfactory sensory map of the An.

Olfactory Coding in Antennal Neurons of the Malaria Mosquito, Anopheles gambiae.

Olfactory receptor neurons (ORNs) in the antenna of insects serve to encode odors in action potential activity conducted to the olfactory lobe of the deuterocerebrum. We performed an analysis of the electrophysiological responses of olfactory neurons in the antennae of the female malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae s.s.

Synergism between ammonia, lactic acid and carboxylic acids as kairomones in the host-seeking behaviour of the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae sensu stricto (Diptera: Culicidae).

Host odours play a major role in the orientation and host location of blood-feeding mosquitoes. Anopheles gambiae Giles sensu stricto, which is the most important malaria vector in Africa, is a highly anthropophilic mosquito species, and the host-seeking behaviour of the females of this mosquito is guided by volatiles of human origin. Ammonia, lactic acid and several carboxylic acids are known to be present in the human odour blend.