Research On Acupuncture At Hegu(LI4) Point And Cortical Hemogram Variety In Cats By Infrared Imaging

The research of the brain cognition is mainly to find out the activation position in brain according to the stimulation at present in the world. Usually, the method of fMRI is adopted. The activation position is ascertained in terms of the blood permeated degree in brain by fMRI. Other methods, such as PET, NIR, EEG and MEG, are indirect measure methods of brain stimulation response. There are few of them to display the cortical temperature efficiently among so many nerve imaging methods.The research regards the animals as the experimental objects and explores the stimulation response on the cerebral cortex of the acupuncture. It belongs to the advanced research in the international brain cognition. The main content is introduced as followed.(1) It provides a new method, which can detect the activation position on the creatural cerebral cortex directly by the middle-far infrared imaging. According to the theory of the local temperature situation, the difference of the cortical temperature maybe associate with the excitement of the cortical nerve cells, the metabolism of the local tissue and the local hemal circulation. The direct naked detection of the temperature variety on the cerebral cortex is applied by the middle–far infrared imaging technology. So the activation position is ascertained. The effect of the stimulation response is superior to other indirect methods.(2) The theory of the refreshment and induce resuscitation pinprick is approved. The method of the refreshment and induce resuscitation pinprick can promote the metabolize renovation, improve the living function and increase the healing rate. However, the relations between the points and the cortical functional sections have not the last word still. After removing the skulls on the head, full of the cerebral cortex of a cat are exposed. Observing the infrared imagings and measuring the temperatures of the visual cerebral cortex during the process of acupuncturing the Hegu point to judge the activation position. The variety in the cortical functional sections is corresponding to the result of the acupuncture point in terms of the imagings and the temperatures. The model of the relation of the stimulation point and the activation position is established. The experimental results approve the correctness of the refreshment and induce resuscitation pinprick. (3) A 3D infrared detection animal experimental system is developed. To implement the visual cerebral cortex detection, a special infrared imaging and temperature measure system with the self property right is explored. A special infrared microscope lens is produced to improve the precision and the resolving power. Software for infrared imaging collection and temperature measure is programmed. Arithmetic of the gradual approach and primary signals amplification is designed.According to the experimental results, we know that the variety of a cortical functional section is corresponding to a special acupuncture point exactly. The similar relations can be applied in human being in terms of the comparative acupuncture. The conclusions of the research can provide the evidences in the infrared pictures and the temperature values for the studies on the acupuncture applied in the field of brain cognition.