Significance of pleasant touch and state-of-the-art neuroscience technologies in acupuncture research

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Funding

This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 81873389 and 82174513).

Author contributions

Bing Zhu and Kun Liu conceived the idea of this article, Kun Liu drafted the manuscript. Bing Zhu and Kun Liu modified the manuscript.

Ethical approval of studies and informed consent

There is no human or animal studies in this article and informed consent is not required.

Acknowledgments

We truthfully thank Ms. Xiaoxue Li for providing the 3 figures of electrophysiology recording of DRG soma.

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Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine