Journal of Physiology & Pathology in Korean Medicine (동의생리병리학회지)

The Physiological Society of Korean Medicine and The Society of Pathology in Korean Medicine (대한동의생리학회·한의병리학회)
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Effects of Electroacupuncture on Memory Modulation

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  • Lee, Sang-Kwan (Department of Oriental Medicine, Wonkwang University) ;
  • Kim, Min-Soo (Department of Statistics, Chonnam National University) ;
  • Ahn, Ryun-Sup (CHA Medical University, Graduate School of Complimentary and Alternative Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Moon-Soo (Department of Psychology, Chonnam National University) ;
  • Sung, Kang-Keyng (Department of Oriental Medicine, Wonkwang University)
  • 이상관 (원광대학교 한의과대학 한의학과) ;
  • 김민수 (전남대학교 자연과학대학 수학통계학부) ;
  • 안련섭 (포천중문의과대학교 대체의학대학원) ;
  • 김문수 (전남대학교 사회과학대학 심리학과) ;
  • 성강경 (원광대학교 한의과대학 한의학과)
  • Published : 2007.12.25
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Abstract

Recent experiments investigating the analgesic or anti-stress effects of electro-acupuncture provide extensive evidence that opioid or stress hormone system is involved in those effects, respectively. It has been also suggested that opioid or stress hormones modulate long-term memory consolidation or retrieval in animals and human subjects. This article reviews the possibilitythat electroacupuncture can modulate memory consolidation or retrieval. The release of serum cortisol is enhanced or reduced by high-frequency or low-frequency electroacupuncture, respectively. Also the release of beta endorphin and enkephalin is enhanced by low-frequency electroacupuncture and the release of dynorphin is enhanced by high-frequency electroacupunture. The memory consolidation is enhanced by post-training injection of Glucocorticoids, Naloxone or Dynorphin. So this review suggests strongly that memory consolidation can be modulated by electroacupuncture.

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