Advanced Acupuncture Research: From Bench to Bedside

lt;p> Ying Xia is a Fudan Distinguished Professor at Fudan University, the Executive Director of Shanghai Key Laboratory of Acupuncture Mechanism and Acupoint Function, and Director of Molecular Neurology Laboratory at Shanghai Research Center for Acupuncture and Meridians, Shanghai, China. He obtained his medical training at Soochow Medical College, China. After being a clinical physician for almost 4 years, he pursued his graduate studies and obtained a Master Degree of Medicine and a Doctoral Degree of Medical Science (Ph.D.) in Neurobiology and Integrative Medicine at Shanghai Medical University (now Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University), China. He was then appointed as a lecturer of Integrative Medicine and Neurobiology there. Dr. Xia joined Yale University School of Medicine in 1988 for his postdoctoral training and initiated his laboratory at Yale in 1994. During his 22-year-long academic career at Yale University School of Medicine, he was appointed as a faculty member in 1993 and promoted to Associate Professor in 2002. From May 2010 to August 2016, he worked at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston (now the University of Texas McGovern Medical School) and the University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Houston as a Full Professor, Chairman of Research and Promotion Committee, and Vice-chairman for Research in the Department of Neurosurgery. He joined Fudan University in September 2016.

Dr. Xia's early research focused on cardiovascular regulation, acupuncture mechanism, and the interactive modulation between endogenous opioids and other neurotransmitters. His laboratory currently investigates neural functions of the delta-opioid receptor, neuroprotection against ischemic/hypoxic injury, degenerative brain disorders and acupuncture effects on neurological diseases. His research has been consecutively supported by NIH, American Heart Association, March of Dimes Foundation, Cerebral Palsy Foundation, The Vivian L. Smith Neurologic Foundation, and Memorial Hermann Foundation in the United States of Americas as well as National Natural Science Foundation and Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality in the People's Republic of China since the establishment of his laboratory in 1994.

He has been invited to deliver speeches by many academic institutions (e.g., NIH and Harvard University) and international conferences. He has been serving as a manuscript-reviewer for many international journals and as a grant reviewer for the United States of Americas (e.g., NIH, US National Science Foundation, American Heart Association, US Civilian Research and Development Foundation), European countries (e.g., Scotland Medical Research of UK; Wellbeing of Women of UK; National Science Center of Poland) and the People's Republic of China (e.g., Hong Kong University Grants Committees, Health & Medical Research Fund from Hong Kong Government and National Natural Science Foundation of China).

In 2020, he was awarded the First Sheikh Zayed International Award for Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicine (TCAM), along with Professor Youyou Tu, a Nobel Laureate and other prestigious scientists in the field of TCAM.

Histopathological Basis for Acupuncture.- Current Advances in Mathematical Models of Initial Response to Mechanical Stimulation at Acupoint.- Signal Transduction in Acupoints.- Cellular Mechanisms in Acupuncture Effects.- Chemical and Physical Characteristics of Moxibustion.- Imaging of Acupuncture's Effects: From Bedside to Bench.- Meridians - Neurosensory Organs within the System of Homeostatic Regulation.- Meridian-Viscera Correlationship: Theory and Mechanism of the Heart Meridian-Heart-Brain Interactions.- Autonomic Function and Electroacupuncture.- Understanding of Myofasial Trigger Points: Acupuncture verses Dry Needling.- Current Research in Silver Needle Acupuncture for Myofascitis.- Acupuncture in Supportive Care for Breast Cancer Survivors.- Alternative Therapies for Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy.- Acupuncture and Related Techniques for Perioperative Care of Surgical Patients.- Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal Axis: A Bridge between acupuncture and diseases.- Neurobiological Mechanism of Acupuncture Analgesia in Chronic Somatic Pain.- Analgesic Effects of Acupuncture on Orofacial Pain.- Itch and the Antipruritic Effect of Acupuncture.- Acupuncture for Autism Spectrum Disorders.- Acupuncture Treatment for Multiple Sclerosis.- The Clinical and Experimental Study on Acupuncture for Children with Cerebral Palsy.- Beneficial Effect of Acupuncture on Depressive Disorders.- Acupuncture and Alzheimer's Disease.- Acupuncture Treatment for Alzheimer's Disease.- Electroacupuncture against Ischemic Brain Injury: Efficacy, optimal conditions and Mechanisms.