Instant sedative effect of acupuncture at GV20 on the frequency of electroencephalogram α and β waves in a model of sleep deprivation

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    • Jia Li
    • Xiao Ran
    • Chao Cui
    • Chao Xiang
    • Ao Zhang
    • Feng Shen
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  • Published online on: May 2, 2018     https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2018.6123
  • Pages: 5353-5358
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Abstract

Sleep deprivation (SD) adversely affects brain function and is accompanied by frequency‑dependent changes in electroencephalograms (EEGs). Recent studies have suggested that acupuncture is an emerging alternative therapy for SD. However, the involvement of the frequency of EEG α and β waves in the protective effect of acupuncture against SD remains unknown. The present study investigated the instant effect of acupuncture at GV20 on insomnia by analyzing the frequency of α and β waves using electroencephalography in a model of sleep deprivation. A total of 16 rats (Wistar; male; weight, 340±10 g) were divided randomly into four groups (4 rats per group) to create a rat model of sleep deprivation using the modified multiple platform method in the GV20 group, the sham acupoint group and the model group. After 72 h of sleep deprivation for these three groups and normal feeding for the blank group, the EEG data of all four groups were documented. Following the initial measurement, the GV20 group was treated by acupuncture at GV20 and the sham acupoint group was treated at the sham acupoint, and their EEGs were recorded during the treatment. The frequency of α and β waves of all EEG data were analyzed. Prior to intervention, the GV20 group, the sham acupoint group and the model group exhibited no significant differences in α and β wave frequencies; however, the α wave frequency of these three groups was significantly decreased compared with the blank group (P<0.05), whereas the β wave frequency of these three groups was significantly increased compared with the blank group (P<0.05). This suggested that sleep deprivation affected the frequency of brain waves and enhanced the excitability of the cerebral cortex. During acupuncture treatment with retained needle conditioning, the GV20 group indicated a significant increase in α wave frequency (P<0.05), as well as a significant decrease in β wave frequency compared with prior to treatment (P<0.05), whereas the sham acupoint group exhibited no significant changes. The present findings from a rat model of sleep deprivation suggested that acupuncture treatment at GV20 may reduce the excitability of the brain cortex. Due to its sedative effect, treatment at GV20 may be considered for the treatment of insomnia and related symptoms.

Introduction

The primary symptoms of insomnia include difficulty in falling asleep, being easily awoken and unable to fall asleep again and being kept awake throughout the night (1). In Traditional Chinese Medicine, this disorder is called ‘Bu Mei’ (2). Insomnia may negatively impact the quality of the individuals everyday life (3,4). The prevalence of insomnia disorder is ~10–20% in the USA (5), with ~50% of cases having a chronic cause. Insomnia may result in a diminished cognitive ability, including attention deficit, poor memory and impaired decision making (4). Insomnia symptoms are characterized by prolonged sleep latency and difficulty staying asleep as long as desired (4). Benzodiazepines are commonly prescribed for short-term relief of anxiety and insomnia symptoms, however certain patients continue taking these drugs and become long-term benzodiazepine users (6). Compared with drug therapy, acupuncture has been demonstrated to exhibit improved effects and cause fewer adverse reactions, however it may still lead to local allergies, local muscle tension and pain caused by needling or allergic reactions to the metal used (7,8). The most common side effects associated with benzodiazepines are sedation, dizziness, weakness and unsteadiness (9). A previous randomized placebo-controlled study on the efficacy and safety of acupuncture [at Baihui (GV20), Yintang (EX-HN3), bilateral ear Shenmen, Sishencong (EX-HN1) and Anmian (EX)] for the short-term treatment of primary insomnia, revealed that electroacupuncture was superior to placebo acupuncture (10). A recent study has reported that the augmented acupuncture formula (points LI4, LIV3, EX-HN3, GV20, LU7 and KID6) was more effective for the treatment of depression and improved the sleep quality in patients who already had depression, compared with the standard acupuncture formula (points LI4, LIV3, EX-HN3 and GV20) (11). Based on this GV20 is frequently used for the acupuncture treatment of insomnia (12). Previous studies of acupuncture treatment have primarily focused on subjectively reported symptoms of insomnia. Consequently, they were not able to observe the mechanisms of acupuncture's effect on insomnia. In the present study, electroencephalogram (EEG) will be used to assess changes in the brain activity in real time. These measures will objectively examine real-time physiological changes due to acupuncture (13). To explore the mechanism of GV20 acupuncture treatment on insomnia, a rat model of sleep deprivation was constructed and the instant effects of acupuncture at GV20 on EEGs was analyzed by assessing the change of frequency of EEG α and β waves.

Materials and methods

Experimental animals and grouping

A total of 16 Wistar male rats (age, 12 months; weight, 340±10 g) were obtained from the Experimental Animal Research Center of Hubei (Wuhan, China; no. SCXK(E)2008-0005). The rats were allowed free access to food and water and were housed under a controlled temperature (23±2°C) and humidity (40–60%), with 12 h of artificial light per day. Following adaptive feeding for 1 week prior to the experiment, all rats were divided into the blank group, the GV20 group, the sham acupoint group and the model group (4 rats per group). All experimental procedures complied with the guidelines of the Principles of Laboratory Animal Care (14) and the legislation of the People's Republic of China for the Use and Care of Laboratory Animals (15). The experimental protocols were approved by the Animal Experimentation Ethics Committee of the Hubei University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (Wuhan, China).

Experiment instruments

An MP150 multichannel physiological signal recorder (Biopac Systems Inc., Goleta, CA, USA) and cuboid-shaped wire mesh (100×90×15 cm) were used in the present study. A circular sink (120×80 cm) was purchased from Chengdu Taimeng Technology Co., Ltd. (Chengdu, China) and an acupuncture needle (0.20×13 mm) was obtained from Beijing Hanyi Medical Apparatus and Instruments Center (Beijing, China).

Modeling method

The modified multiple platform method (MMPM) using the platform technique (16) was applied in the present experiment, using 12 platforms (17). The cuboid-shaped wire mesh was placed into a circular sink, and the sink was filled with water until the water was ~1 cm below the surface of the grid the rats were on. The 12 rats (GV20, sham acupoint and model groups) were settled on the cross points and were forced to grasp the wire to maintain a standing position to prevent falling. These rats could freely move around the sink on the mesh. When the rats fell asleep, they would immediately fall into the water due to the relaxation in their muscle tension. As a consequence of this, rats would need to swim to the wire mesh and stand on it again. The temperature of the room was maintained at 25±1°C. During the total 72 h of producing the model, water in the sink was exchanged once every 12 h. While exchanging water, the rats were placed in cages to be fed. The feeding time was limited to 1 min and the cages were kept shaking to prevent the rats from falling to sleep.

The blank group was reared in a normal environment (temperature, 25±1°C) with a 12 h light/dark cycle. In order to eliminate the influence of swimming and the limitation of feeding time, the blank group was also fed once every 12 h, with the feeding time limited to 1 min. Rats were forced to swim for 10 sec after every feed.

Intervention methods

Following 72 h of modeling, EEGs of all 16 rats were measured and recorded immediately (120 sec for each rat). Subsequently, the acupuncture treatment and synchronized measuring of EEGs was initiated instantly (within 120 sec of treating and recording for each rat).

In order to obtain EEG measurements, sterilized needle electrodes were inserted into the subcutaneous tissues of rat's heads in an awakened state. The positive electrode was 0.3 cm to the right of the vertex of parietal bone and the negative electrode was 0.3 cm to the left of the vertex of parietal bone. The reference electrode was placed on the subcutaneous tissue of the neck. During the measurement and the recording, all the rats were captured and fastened in the same way with homemade cloths.

For acupuncture treatment, the acupoints were based on the ‘Map of the Experimental Animal Acupuncture Points,’ which was formulated by the Experimental Acupuncture Institute of China Association of Acupuncture and Moxibustion (18). For the GV20 group, the needle was horizontally inserted at GV20 at the vertex of the rat's parietal bone (19) via an even reinforcing-reducing method, as described previously (20). The needle was rotated bidirectionally within 90° at a speed of 2 Hz. The needle was retained for 120 sec, and rotated once every 40 sec. For the sham acupoint group, the needle was inserted at the sham acupoint (0.15 cm to the right of the vertex of the rat's parietal bone), and the manipulation was the same as that of the GV20 group.

Statistical analysis

Data were analyzed with the SPSS software, version 20.0 (IBM Corp., Armonk, NY, USA) and expressed as the mean ± standard deviation. One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) followed by Tukey's post hoc test was performed for analysis. P<0.05 was considered to indicate a statistically significant difference.

Results

Behavior observation

During the first 24 h of modeling, the GV20 group, the sham acupoint group and the model group were acting normally and rats crept on the wire and reacted strongly when being captured. Between 25–48 h, the majority of the rats demonstrated tiredness: Rats crouched and shook instead of creeping and occasionally fell into the water and had to swim back to the wire. Furthermore, rats began to show signs of a reduced appetite when being fed, as they preferred sleeping to eating, their cages had to be kept shaking to prevent them from sleeping. Between 49–72 h, all three groups of rats were observed and appeared much thinner compared with prior to the modeling experiment, their fur was wet and messy, and their ears, eyes and the extremities of limbs had turned pink or pale. In addition, the majority of the rats demonstrated signs of excitement and mania. Rats shook a lot, tended to fight each other, fiercely struggled when being captured for feeding and had good appetites when being offered food and water. During the 72-h modeling period of the three groups, the rats in the blank group, which were reared under standard conditions, acted normally.

Within 10 sec of acupuncture treatment, rats in the GV20 group fell into sleep instantly, breathing stably and were crouched with their eyes closed. The sham acupoint group remained awake within 10 sec of the sham acupoint acupuncture treatment and were still shaking, aggressively; their characteristics were similar to the model group at the same time.

Analysis of EEG

EEGs from all rats and the analysis of the frequency of α and β waves are demonstrated in Fig. 1 and Tables I and II. As indicated in Fig. 1, compared with the blank group, the model, GV20 (pretreatment) and sham acupoint (pretreatment) groups demonstrated similar characteristics in their EEG data. The EEGs indicated relatively disordered shapes, irregular waves, low amplitude and unclear amplitude modulations, which were similar to EEGs of panasthenia (21). Paroxysmal spines, sharp waves, spine-slow synthetical waves and sharp-slow synthesis waves were observed on the EEGs. The frequency of α and β waves in all four groups were compared using one-way ANOVA followed by Tukey's post hoc test. Significant differences among the four groups were observed (α wave frequency, F=39.919 and P<0.05; β wave frequency, F=61.170 and P<0.05; Table I). The frequency of α waves of the GV20 (pretreatment), sham acupoint (pretreatment) and the model groups were significantly reduced compared with the blank group (P<0.05). Conversely, the frequency of β waves of the GV20 (pretreatment), sham acupoint (pretreatment) and model groups were significantly increased compared with the blank group (P<0.05). These findings indicated that the production of the sleep deprivation model was successful. Comparison of the frequency of α and β waves in the GV20 and sham acupoint groups (pretreatment and retained needle) using one-way ANOVA followed by Tukey's post hoc test indicated the differences among the two groups were statistically significant (α wave frequency, F=32.225 and P<0.05; β wave frequency, F=53.352, P<0.05; Table II), allowing a comparative study for acupuncture treatment to be performed.

Table I.

Frequency of α and β waves of the blank, model, GV20 (pretreatment) and sham acupoint (pretreatment) groups.

Table I.

Frequency of α and β waves of the blank, model, GV20 (pretreatment) and sham acupoint (pretreatment) groups.

Wave frequency, mHz

Groupnαβ
GV20 (pretreatment)4 10.1208±0.4955a 32.3789±0.7171a
Sham acupoint (pretreatment)4 10.5254±0.4064a 32.6520±2.1659a
Model4 10.0009±0.0857a 33.0258±0.7713a
Blank412.2918±0.184221.5471±0.7273

a P<0.05 vs. the corresponding blank group. Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation.

Table II.

Frequency of α and β waves in the GV20 and sham acupoint groups.

Table II.

Frequency of α and β waves in the GV20 and sham acupoint groups.

Wave frequency, mHz

GroupTime at which measurement takenαβ
GV20
  Rat 1Pretreatment10.193632.6975
Retained needle12.2616a25.4447a
  Rat 2Pretreatment10.578132.6994
Retained needle12.2057a23.0262a
  Rat 3Pretreatment10.292632.9251
Retained needle12.3499a22.8959a
  Rat 4Pretreatment9.418831.1205
Retained needle12.2616a22.9197a
Sham acupoint
  Rat 1Pretreatment10.555831.9311
Retained needle 10.7676b 31.5172b
  Rat 2Pretreatment10.895929.7769
Retained needle 10.4773b 29.3446b
  Rat 3Pretreatment10.697135.6291
Retained needle 10.2877b 36.3446b
  Rat 4Pretreatment9.952833.2436
Retained needle9.6955b 33.4247b

a P<0.05 vs. the corresponding pretreatment

b P<0.05 vs. the corresponding retained needle in the GV20 group.

For the GV20 group, the differences in frequency of α and β waves at pretreatment compared with frequencies when the needle was retained at GV20 were statistically significant (Pα=0.003 and Pβ=0.001), and when the needle was retained, the EEG frequency of α waves was significantly increased whereas the frequency of β waves was significantly decreased. In the sham acupoint group, the differences in the frequency of α and β waves between pretreatment and when the needled was retained were not statistically significant (Pα=0.237 and Pβ=0.966). These results indicated that the acupuncture treatment at GV20 was able to relieve the central excitement of insomnia in rats, improve the frequency of α waves and decrease the frequency of β waves, providing an instant sedative effect. Conversely, sham acupuncture treatment demonstrated no notable curative effect.

Discussion

GV20 is located on the vertex of the body and is also called the ‘intersection point of Three Yang and Five Channels’ because GV20 is the intersection point of Governor vessel, foot-taiyang meridian, foot-shaoyang meridian, hand-shaoyang meridian and foot-jueyin meridian (22). Various studies support the sedative effects of GV20 in treating insomnia and relieving symptoms (23,24). A previous study has indicated that treatment using GV20 regulates the body state in patients with insomnia by repairing neurons, regulating the content of 5-hydroxyidnoleacetic acid, improving the blood supplement to the brain and enhancing the activity of acetylcholinesterase in the brain (25).

As an objective index in evaluating brain function, EEG is an intuitive, sensitive, specific and easy method for analysis, which makes it a popular method in research and for the diagnosis of mental disorders and central nervous system diseases (26). In addition, EEG is generally applied in the study of psychology, scientific research and the detection of anesthesia (27). In literature regarding sleep disorders, EEGs are typically used. For example, polysomnography is an important detection method with EEG being its most important index (28). Currently, EEG is used in comparing changes in patients with insomnia before and after their treatment to determine the clinical effects (29). In cases where the normal conscious body is in a quiet and relaxed state, predominantly α waves of 8–13 Hz are indicated in EEGs (30). However, in cases where the body is in an anxious, nervous or manic state, β waves of 14–30 Hz are primarily observed (31). In conscious patients with insomnia, the EEG data may indicate the phenomena of slowing α waves, lower amplitude and a lack of amplitude modulation, in addition to increased β wave rhyme (3236). Therefore, the increase in the proportion of α waves is a valuable index in evaluating the change of insomnia symptoms, and changes in β waves may be used in determining anxiety and mania in patients with insomnia.

In the present study, when sleep deprivation was achieved, the frequency of α waves in the GV20 (pretreatment), sham acupoint (pretreatment) and model groups were decreased compared with the blank group. However, the frequency of β waves in the GV20 (pretreatment), sham acupoint (pretreatment) and model groups were increased compared with the blank group. Results demonstrated that after 72 h of sleep deprivation, rats with insomnia were anxious and excited. When the needle was retained at GV20, the frequency of α waves were improved and the frequency of β waves was decreased, which suggested this treatment provided an instant sedative effect.

In conclusion, the present findings indicated that acupuncture treatment at GV20 may be an effective application in treating insomnia symptoms, such as anxiety and mania. The present study may be meaningful for designing clinical acupuncture treatment plans for patients with insomnia.

Acknowledgements

The present study was supported by Hubei Province Scientific and Technological Research Projects (grant nos. 20162006 and 2016CFB221).

Competing interests

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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