School of Biomedical Sciences is pleased to invite you to join the following seminar:

Date: Friday, 5 November 2021

Time: 9:00 am

Via Zoom: https://hku.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMtcu-srDotEtzZA93vkNQaTiUMbgn8ydWr

Meeting ID: 970 5642 1788

Password: 973041

Speaker: Professor Qiufu Ma, Professor of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, USA

Title: “A neuroanatomical basis for electroacupuncture to drive autonomic neural pathways”

Biography

Professor Qiufu Ma received his BS from Fudan University in 1987 and PhD from UCLA in early 1994. After postdoctoral training at Caltech, he became an Assistant Professor at Harvard neurobiology Department and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and become a full Professor in 2011. His lab has been working on the somatic sensory circuits. Most recently, his lab has been mapping circuits driving somato-autonomic reflexes, as a way to understand how acupuncture works.

Abstract

One core idea for acupuncture to treat human diseases is that stimulation at specific body regions (acupoints) can distantly modulate body physiology, an effect thought to operate through hypothetical meridian channels. While modern anatomical studies have not yet supported the physical presence of such channels, long-distant acupuncture effects could be achieved via somatosensory-autonomic reflexes. In this talk, Dr. Ma will discuss how electroacupuncture can drive specific autonomic neural pathways to control systemic inflammation.

ALL ARE WELCOME

Should you have any enquiries, please feel free to contact Miss River Wong at 3917 9216.