臨床神経学

<シンポジウム(3)―8―4>神経内科診療における鍼灸活用の可能性を探る―神経科学を背景とした医療技術として鍼灸を捉える

頭痛専門診療における鍼灸併用の可能性

鳥海 春樹, 海老根 妙子, 黒井 俊哉, 柴田 護, 清水 利彦, 鈴木 則宏

慶應義塾大学医学部神経内科〔〒160―8582 東京都新宿区信濃町35番地〕

Acupuncture is known as the effective tool for headache, but the mechanism of the effect is unknown. We already revealed the acupuncture effect in the clinical team of headache center in Keio University Hospital. Therefore, we tried to establish the animal model for elucidation of mechanism of acupuncture effect in the pathophysiology of headache. Resent study, we reveal the threshold-reduction of the genesis of the cortical spreading depression (CSD; thought as the trigger of migraine attack) during the trigeminal nerve stimulation. This result suggests that, the somatosensory stimulation may influence the occurrence and severity of the pathogenesis of migraine. Furthermore, we assume that our result may lead to the underlying mechanism of acupuncture effect.
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(臨床神経, 52:1297−1298, 2012)
key words:鍼灸,圧痛点,トリガーポイント,併用効果

(受付日:2012年5月25日)