Chih-Sheng Chen, Chi-Fong Lin, Yung-Lan Chou, Der-Yen Lee, Peng-Tai Tien, Yao-Chien Wang, Ching-Yao Chang, En-Shyh Lin, Jamie Jiin Chen, Ming-Yen Wu, Hsiangyu Ku, Dekang Gan, Yung-Ming Chang, Hui-Ju Lin, Lei Wan
BACKGROUND: Dopamine has been suggested to be a stop signal for eye growth and affects the development of myopia. Acupuncture is known to increase dopamine secretion and is widely used to treat myopia clinically. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to determine if acupuncture inhibits myopia progression in form deprived Syrian hamsters by inducing rises in dopamine content that in turn suppress inflammasome activation. METHODS: Acupuncture was applied at LI4 and Taiyang every other day for 21 days...
May 21, 2023: Acupuncture in Medicine: Journal of the British Medical Acupuncture Society