KnardahlS, ElamM, OlaussonB, Sympathetic nerve activity after acupuncture in humans. Pain1998;75:19-25.
2.
AnderssonS, LundebergT.Acupuncture—from empiricism to science: functional background to acupuncture effects in pain and disease. Med Hypotheses1995;45:271-81.
3.
SakataniK, KitagawaT, AoyamaN, Effects of acupuncture on autonomic nervous function and prefrontal cortex activity. Adv Exp Med Biol2010;662:455-60.
4.
ManneråsL, CajanderS, LönnM, Acupuncture and exercise restore adipose tissue expression of sympathetic markers and improve ovarian morphology in rats with dihydrotestosterone-induced PCOS. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol2009;296:R1124–31.
Heart rate variability. Standards of measurements, physiological interpretation, and clinical use. Eur Heart J1996;17:354-81.
7.
ParatiG, ManciaG, Di RienzoM, Point: cardiovascular variability is/is not an index of autonomic control of circulation. J Appl Physiol2006;101:676-82.
8.
MontanoN, CogliatiC, PortaA, Central vagotonic effects of atropine modulate spectral oscillations of sympathetic nerve activity. Circulation1998;98:1394-9.
9.
BäckerM, GrossmanP, SchneiderJ, Acupuncture in migraine: investigation of autonomic effects. Clin J Pain2008;24:106-15.
10.
LeeS, LeeMS, ChoiJY, Acupuncture and heart rate variability: a systematic review. Auton Neurosci2010;155:5-13.
11.
WrightCL, AickinM.Improvement of menopausal symptoms with acupuncture not reflected in changes to heart rate variability. Acupunct Med2011 (in press).
12.
HoikkalaH, HaapalahtiPViitasaloM, Association between vasomotor hot flashes and heart rate variability in recently postmenopausal women. Menopause2010;17:315-20.
13.
AickinM.The importance of early phase research. J Altern Complement Med2007;13:447-50.
14.
FønnebøV.Early phase methodology is needed in CAM and conventional research endeavors. J Altern Complement Med2007;13:397-8.
