Neural Acupuncture Unit: A New Concept for Interpreting Effects and Mechanisms of Acupuncture
Figure 4
The distant effects of different manual techniques of acupuncture in activating cutaneous superficial mechanoreceptors (a), deep pressure-detected receptors (b), and muscle stretch receptors (c) located in the posterior aspect of the leg of Bladder Meridian Foot Taiyang in rabbits. Percent of the number of the activated receptors in each defined area surrounding needling point was calculated from the total number of the activated receptors. The plots were produced based on the data reported in [58, 59].
