Laser Acupuncture Plausible Treatment for Depression

[Celebration]

http://www.news-medical.net/news/20100913/Laser-acupuncture-a-plausible-treatment-for-depression.aspx

Acupuncture produces significant changes in parts of the brain that regulate emotional states and is a biologically plausible treatment for depression and other neuropsychiatric disorders, Australian researchers have shown for the first time.

The scientists, from the University of New South Wales (UNSW), used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to map the changes in the prefrontal cortex and subcortical nuclei brought about through the stimulation of the body’s acupoints by laser acupuncture.

“This is the first MRI study to find that laser stimulation of a suite of acupoints on the body in healthy individuals produces changes in brain regions that may be relevant to treating conditions such as depression,” said study chief, Scientia Professor Perminder Sachdev, from UNSW’s School of Psychiatry.

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In the study, 10 healthy subjects were stimulated with a fibreoptic infrared laser on four acupoints (LR14, CV14, LR8 and HT7) used for depression following the principles of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). A control non-acupoint (sham point) was also stimulated in a random design.

[HysteryDiagnosis]

1. Yet more unproven herbal medicine.....

I'm kidding. Great find.... now we can happify people from miles away how cool is that???

[Peregrine]

2. It is still crap

I'll side with Orac. RESPECTFUL INSOLENCE "A STATEMENT OF FACT CANNOT BE INSOLENT."