Acupuncture and expression of neurotransmitters in temporomandibular disorders: systematic review

• Autor(a) principal: Vilela, Maria Cristina
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Ramos, Carina, Silva, Hilton Justino
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/40183
• topic: Acupuncture; Neurotransmitters; Temporomandibular disorders

Temporomandibular disorders (TMD) is a common condition of chronic orofacial pain. Acupuncture is a therapeutic method of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and some studies to get understand the mechanisms of action and molecular basis involved in this approach therapeutic. We propose to verify in the current literature on the integration of neurotransmitters expression in treat temporomandibular joint disorders by acupuncture in adulthood. A predefined protocol was used and registered on PROSPERO. This qualitative review of the literature analysed international scientific publications in several databases that used the following keywords: Temporomandibular Joint Disorders OR Acupuncture OR Neurotransmitter. Then, in the study selection phase, the eligible texts were read in full to determine their final inclusion or exclusion. The pre-established selection criteria in the protocol determined the inclusion or exclusion of studies during the selection phase. Although to know the diverse effects of acupuncture are intrinsically linked at the cellular and molecular level there is not yet any paper about this in adulthood, but there is a publication about the relationship between TMD and Acupuncture Treatment. There are no studies in the literature that correlate the temporomandibular disorders, acupuncture therapy and neurotransmitters in humans.