How can poking needles into the body soothe pain? At an international meeting in Fukuoka, Japan this summer, Professor Geoffrey Burnstock of the University College London presented a new hypothesis, which he discussed with me in the recorded interview I invite you to hear. The meeting was organized by Prof. Kazuhide Inoue, of the Kyushu University, Japan, a leading researcher on glia in chronic pain.
Further Reading
Burnstock, G. (2009) Acupuncture: a novel hypothesis for the involvement of purinergic signaling. Med. Hypotheses, October, 74:470-2.
Fields, R.D. (2009) New Culprits in Chronic Pain. Scientific American November, 301: 50-57.
Fields, R.D. and Burnstock, G. (2006) Purinergic signalling in neuron-glia interactions. Nature Reviews Neuroscience June, 7(6): 423-36.
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