Core Center for Multimodal Evaulation of Acupuncture Mechanisms

针灸机制多模态评估核心中心

基本信息

批准号：
7860757
负责人：
BRUCE R ROSEN
金额：
$ 59.32万
依托单位：
MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2009
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2009-09-30 至 2011-08-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7860757
关键词：
Absence of pain sensation Accounting Acupuncture Analgesia Acupuncture Points Acupuncture Therapy Acupuncture procedure Address Adverse effects Affect American Animal Model Applications Grants Area Arts Asians Award Back Basic Science Biochemical Biological Markers Biomechanics Biostatistics Core Blood Vessels Blood flow Bradykinin Brain Brain region C Fiber Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide Caliber Cardiovascular system Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Center for Translational Science Activities Centers of Research Excellence Chemicals China Chinese Traditional Medicine Chronic Chronic inflammatory pain Chronic low back pain Clinical Clinical Research Clinical Trials Collaborations Collagen Collagen Fiber Communities Complementary and alternative medicine Connective Tissue Country Cues Data Development Devices Diagnostic Disease Doppler Ultrasound Electroencephalography Electron Microscopy Electrophysiology (science)Elements Eligibility Determination Endorphins Endothelial Cells Ensure Environment Epinephrine Esthesia European Evaluation Expectancy Faculty FarGo Fascia Feedback Fertilization Fibrosis Focus Groups Foundations Frequencies Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Functional disorder Funding Future General Hospitals Goals Growth Factor Headache Heating Histamine Production Hormonal Hormones Human Image Imagery Imaging Device Imaging technology Immunologics Individual Inflammation Mediators Injury Institution Integrative Medicine Interest Group Intervention Intramuscular Investigation Ischemia Knee Knee Osteoarthritis Laboratories Laboratory Research Lead Length Limbic System Link Location Lower Extremity Massachusetts Measures Mechanical Stimulation Mechanics Medical Medical Research Mentors Meridians Methodology Methods Microcirculation Morphologic artifacts Motion Movement Multimodal Imaging National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine Nausea Needles Nerve Nerve Endings Nerve Tissue Neural Conduction Neuraxis Neurobiology Neurologic Neuronal Plasticity Nociception Nociceptors Outcome Outcome Measure Pain Pathway interactions Patients Pattern Peptides Peripheral Peripheral Nerves Peripheral Nervous System Physiologic pulse Physiological Physiological Processes Pilot Projects Placebos Policies Positioning Attribute Posture Principal Investigator Process Prostaglandins Protocols documentation Protons Publications Qi Randomized Controlled Trials Reaction Recruitment Activity Regulation Relative (related person)Reporting Research Research Activity Research Personnel Research Project Grants Resolution Role Scanning Acoustic Microscopy Scientific Evaluation Scientist Secondary to Sensory Signal Pathway Signal Transduction Simulate Site Skin Somatosensory Cortex Sports Staging Stimulus Structure Substance P Surface Symptoms System Techniques Therapeutic Intervention Time Tissues Translational Research Ultrasonic Transducer Ultrasonography Uncertainty United States United States National Institutes of Health Upper arm Vasa Nervorum Vascularization Vertebral column Visual Work arteriole base bioimaging brain pathway brain research catalyst chronic pain clinical effect clinical efficacy clinically relevant clinically significant cost effectiveness cytokine disability evidence base experience feeding grasp gray matter hemodynamics image processing imaging modality improved in vivo indexing instrument mast cell median nerve medical schools member monocyte multidisciplinary multimodality nerve supply patient expectation pressure programs prospective public health relevance ranpirnase receptor research study response tool translational approach translational study treatment as usual

项目摘要

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Acupuncture, a component of traditional Chinese medicine, has been used for thousands of years to treat a multitude of ailments. Recent scientific evaluation has suggested that this therapy may demonstrate clinical benefit for a number of conditions including chronic pain, though the mechanisms of action have not been well understood. Our well-established group has been a leading force in acupuncture mechanism research for over a decade. In 2003 we were awarded NCCAM's "Center of Excellence for Research on Complementary and Alternative Medicine" (CERC, NCCAM P01 - AT002048, PI: Rosen) for our Center, "The Neurobiological Effect of Acupuncture Action". The focus of our work thus far has been to explore central mechanisms of acupuncture efficacy by evaluating a distributed network of functionally, neurochemically, and neuroanatomically connected brain regions. While our data has consistently demonstrated significant cortical and subcortical effects on brain systems both during and following acupuncture treatment, a fundamental mystery remains - how are signals transduced from the local site of acupuncture stimulation to the brain in order to engender these unique effects? Several groups have pursued the question of peripheral effects of acupuncture treatment, studying both peripheral nerve receptors and connective tissues, but none have connected this work with acupuncture's central action. It is this important scientific gap that our P30 proposal intends to fill. With this P30 Core Center support, we will recruit, hire, and provide laboratory support for junior faculty who will have expertise in evidence-based evaluations of peripheral mechanisms for acupuncture action. By integrating new young investigators into the multidisciplinary team already established as part of our NCCAM Center of Excellence, we will, as a team, now be able to integrate studies of both central and peripheral evaluations of acupuncture effects with multimodal imaging methods, significantly improving our understanding of how and why acupuncture modulates clinically relevant outcome measures. Our established Center of Excellence provides an exceptional mentoring environment for our proposed new investigator. Along with the lead site of the Massachusetts General Hospital, the Osher Research Center at the Harvard Medical School will also be a participating institution, bringing their unique perspective on research into complementary and alternative medical treatments, and providing a rich intellectual community for our new faculty to interact within. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Acupuncture is one of the most well researched and promising therapies within the Integrative Medicine armamentarium. The Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging has been a leading force in acupuncture mechanism research for over a decade. With this P30 Core Center support, we will expand our focus on central (brain) mechanisms of acupuncture action to include relevant research on mechanisms arising from physiological response at the site of acupuncture stimulation.

描述（由申请人提供）：针灸是传统中医的一个组成部分，数千年来一直用于治疗多种疾病。最近的科学评估表明，这种疗法可能对包括慢性疼痛在内的多种疾病具有临床益处，尽管其作用机制尚未得到充分了解。我们完善的团队十多年来一直是针灸机制研究的主导力量。 2003 年，我们的“针灸作用的神经生物学效应”中心被授予 NCCAM 的“补充和替代医学卓越研究中心”（CERC，NCCAM P01 - AT002048，PI：罗森）。迄今为止，我们工作的重点是通过评估功能、神经化学和神经解剖学连接的大脑区域的分布式网络来探索针灸功效的中心机制。虽然我们的数据一致证明针灸治疗期间和之后对大脑系统有显着的皮质和皮质下影响，但一个基本的谜团仍然存在——信号如何从针灸刺激的局部部位传递到大脑，以产生这些独特的效果？几个小组一直在研究针灸治疗的外周效应问题，研究外周神经受体和结缔组织，但没有一个小组将这项工作与针灸的中枢作用联系起来。我们的 P30 提案旨在填补这一重要的科学空白。借助 P30 核心中心的支持，我们将为初级教师招募、聘用并提供实验室支持，他们将在针灸作用外围机制的循证评估方面拥有专业知识。通过将新的年轻研究人员整合到作为 NCCAM 卓越中心一部分而建立的多学科团队中，我们作为一个团队，现在能够将针灸效果的中枢和外周评估研究与多模态成像方法结合起来，显着改善我们的研究了解针灸如何以及为何调节临床相关的结果指标。我们建立的卓越中心为我们提议的新研究者提供了卓越的指导环境。除了马萨诸塞州总医院的牵头中心之外，哈佛医学院的奥舍研究中心也将成为参与机构，将其独特的研究视角带入补充和替代医学治疗，并为我们的新教师提供丰富的知识社区进行内部互动。公共健康相关性：针灸是中西医结合治疗中研究最充分、最有前途的疗法之一。马蒂诺斯生物医学成像中心十多年来一直是针灸机制研究的主导力量。在 P30 核心中心的支持下，我们将扩大对针灸作用中枢（大脑）机制的关注，包括针灸刺激部位生理反应机制的相关研究。