Acupuncture

  • Electroacupuncture for Hypertension (Malik- PI) – Adolph Coors Foundation
  • Neuroimmune mechanisms underlying electroacupuncture effect on vascular function (Malik S, Tjen-A-Looi, SC – MPI) – NIH/NCCIH

Publications

  • Adenosine Receptor A 2a, but Not A 1 in the rVLM Participates Along With Opioids in Acupuncture-Mediated Inhibition of Excitatory Cardiovascular Reflexes. Malik S, Samaniego T, Guo Z
  • The Effects of Acupuncture on Pain in the Burn Service. Chin T, Burton K, Thomas M, Bernal N, Nourani B, Nunez M, Li S, Rychlock R, Horie M, Malik S, Joe V
  • Acupuncture Activates a Direct Pathway from the Nucleus Tractus Solitarii to the Rostral Ventrolateral Medulla. Guo Z, Malik S
  • Neurogenic Hypotension and Bradycardia Modulated by Electroacupuncture in Hypothalamic Paraventricular Nucleus. Tjen-A-Looi, S. C., Fu, L., Guo, Z., Gong, Y., Nguyen, A., Nguyen, A-T., Malik, S.Frontiers in Neuroscience, In Press. 2022.
  • Gong Y, Fu LW, Tjen-A-Looi SC, Nguyen A, Guo ZL, Malik S. Electroacupuncture Rebalances Autonomic Nervous Activities Decreasing Blood Pressure in Salt-Sensitive Hypertensive Rats. Physiology. 2024;39(S1). doi:https://doi.org/10.1152/physiol.2024.39.s1.716
  • Guo ZL, Tjen-A-Looi SC, Malik S, et al. Adenosine A2A receptors in the rostral ventrolateral medulla participate in blood pressure decrease with electroacupuncture in hypertensive rats. Front Cardiovasc Med. 2023;10:1275952. Published 2023 Oct 19. doi:10.3389/fcvm.2023.1275952
  • Nielsen A, Dyer NL, Lechuga C, McKee MD, Dusek JA. Fidelity to the acupuncture intervention protocol in the ACUpuncture In The EmergencY department for pain management (ACUITY) trial: Expanding the gold standard of STRICTA and CONSORT guidelines. Integr Med Res. 2024;13(2):101048. doi:10.1016/j.imr.2024.101048
  • Sodders MD, Deshpande SJ, Dusek JA, Bradley R, Vavilala MS. Acupuncture knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and health service needs after traumatic brain injury: a cross-sectional survey. Acupunct Med. 2024;42(4):194-208. doi:10.1177/09645284241249197
  • Tjen-A-Looi SC, Fu LW, Guo ZL, Gong YD, Nguyen ATN, Nguyen A-TP, Malik S. Modulation of Neuronal-Mediated Vasodepression and Bradycardia by Electroacupuncture through the Paraventricular Nucleus. NRAMMS-V5 [Internet]. 2023 Oct. 11:76-101. Available from: https://stm.bookpi.org/NRAMMS-V5/article/view/12168
  • Tjen-A-Looi SC, Gong YD, Malik S. Editorial on: Dorsomedial hypothalamus-raphe pallidus-cardiac sympathetic pathway mediates electroacupuncture intervention of stress-induced tachycardia. Journal of neurophysiology. Published online April 24, 2024. doi:https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.00132.2024

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