Acupuncture Improves Sleep Conditions of Minipigs Representing Diurnal Animals through an Anatomically Similar Point to the Acupoint (GV20) Effective for Humans

Table 1

Effect of acupuncture at different acupoints on sleep conditions and urinary catecholamine.

	Untreated	p-Baihui	Dafengmen
SE (%)	31.8 ± 6.0	37.8 ± 8.5	51.9 ± 7.3
TST (min)	114 ± 22	136 ± 31	187 ± 27**
Activity (10^3×counts)	27.6 ± 1.3	27.7 ± 5.4	22.1 ± 3.7
Norepinephrine (ng)	870 ± 124	693 ± 352	467 ± 18*
Epinephrine (ng)	114 ± 36	168 ± 89	149 ± 36

Data are presented as the means ± SEM. SE, sleep efficiency; TST, total sleep time. *P < 0.05; **P < 0.01 versus untreated MMPigs.