Nogier Reflex: Physiological and Experimental Results in Auricular Medicine-A New Hypothesis

Gerhard Litscher; Theodoros Yannacopoulos; Peter Kreisl

doi:10.3390/medicines5040132

Nogier Reflex: Physiological and Experimental Results in Auricular Medicine-A New Hypothesis

Medicines (Basel). 2018 Dec 12;5(4):132. doi: 10.3390/medicines5040132.

Authors

Gerhard Litscher¹, Theodoros Yannacopoulos², Peter Kreisl³

Affiliations

¹ Research Unit for Complementary and Integrative Laser Medicine, Research Unit of Biomedical Engineering in Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, and TCM Research Center Graz, Medical University of Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 39, EG19, 8036 Graz, Austria. gerhard.litscher@medunigraz.at.
² Acupunktur Zurich GmbH, Seefeldstrasse 283, 8008 Zurich, Switzerland. info@acupunktur.ch.
³ Biochemist, Gerberweg 7, 24211 Preetz, Germany. kreisl@web.de.

Abstract

This editorial describes a new hypothesis concerning the nature and possible mechanisms of the Nogier reflex or reflex auriculo-cardiac (RAC; also vascular autonomic signal VAS). A multimodal concept for future RAC research is proposed.

Keywords: Nogier reflex; auricular medicine; auricular therapy; ear acupuncture; ear stimulation; new hypothesis; reflex auriculo-cardiac (RAC); vascular autonomic signal (VAS).

Publication types

Editorial