JNP Micro Podcasts: Electroacupuncture and heart rate: autonomic nervous system

In this episode of the JNP Micro Podcast series, coauthor Yiwei D. Gong sheds light on their Editorial Focus regarding the research titled "Dorsomedial Hypothalamus-Raphe Pallidus-Cardiac Sympathetic Pathway Mediates Electroacupuncture Intervention of Stress-Induced Tachycardia" by Wang et al.  This important study addresses the management of chronic stress—an area with significant treatment gaps that can contribute to tachycardia. Yiwei discusses how lifestyle therapies like meditation, physical activity, and neurostimulation through electroacupuncture can help manage prodromal symptoms and reduce elevated sympathetic tone. By confirming the effects of electroacupuncture on heart rate in humans, this research holds potential clinical relevance for preventing chronic tachycardia, which could ultimately impact conditions like dilated cardiomyopathy.

 

Does electroacupuncture reducing heart rate rebalance autonomic nervous system?

Stephanie C. Tjen-A-Looi, Yiwei D. Gong, and Shaista Malik

Journal of Neurophysiology 2024 131:5, 945-947