EXPLICATION OF CLINICAL EFFECTS OF ACUPUNCTURER BY ADAPTING MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS AND IMAGE-TECHNOLOGICAL METHODS: FOCUSING ON THE RELATIONSHIP WITH STRESS-RELATED DISEASES

摘要

Effects of acupuncture on the brain function of 80 healthy adults and patientswere analyzed using EEG topography and possitron CT (PET). Though changes in EEG topogramcaused by acupuncture stimulation were seen all over the cortex, they were prominent in the area fromthe frontal lobe to the parietal lobe. Positron CT image revealed that acupuncture stimulation tem-porarily activated from the paleocoretx to the neocortex, affecting wide range of the cranial nerve cellsincluding A10 nerve. These results suggest that comfortable stimulations by acupuncture have sucheffects as to remove the friction between the neocortex and the paleocortex, regulate the autonomicnervous system, and activate the Healer (the healing force of nature) at the brain stem level includingthe hypothalamus.