"Acupuncture Points" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Designated locations along nerves or organ meridians for inserting acupuncture needles.
Concept/Terms
Acupuncture Points- Acupuncture Points
- Acupuncture Point
- Point, Acupuncture
- Points, Acupuncture
- Acupoints
- Acupoint
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Acupuncture Points".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Acupuncture Points".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Acupuncture Points" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Acupuncture Points" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2005 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2007 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2008 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2009 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2010 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2012 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2013 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2014 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Acupuncture Points" by people in Profiles.
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Birth of the Topological Atlas and Repository for Acupoint Research. J Integr Complement Med. 2023 Dec; 29(12):769-773.
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Acupuncture versus sham acupuncture and usual care for Antiandrogen-Induced hot fLashes in prostate cancer (AVAIL): study protocol for a randomized clinical trial. BMC Complement Med Ther. 2023 Oct 27; 23(1):388.
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West meets east: Taking a stab at acupuncture point names. Clin Anat. 2023 May; 36(4):641-650.
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Somatotopic organization of autonomic reflexes by acupuncture. Curr Opin Neurobiol. 2022 10; 76:102602.
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Skin Temperature of Acupoints in Health and Disease: A Systematic Review. J Integr Complement Med. 2022 Jul; 28(7):552-568.
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A neuroanatomical basis for electroacupuncture to drive the vagal-adrenal axis. Nature. 2021 10; 598(7882):641-645.
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Battlefield Acupuncture for Adult Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. Am J Chin Med. 2021; 49(1):25-40.
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Active Acupoints Differ from Inactive Acupoints in Modulating Key Plasmatic Metabolites of Hypertension: A Targeted Metabolomics Study. Sci Rep. 2018 12 13; 8(1):17824.
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Acupoint herbal plaster for patients with primary dysmenorrhea: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2018 Jul 03; 19(1):348.
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Cupping in dermatology: a critical review and update. Acta Dermatovenerol Alp Pannonica Adriat. 2018 Jun; 27(2):103-107.