NO. 97
CIMR Wednesday Lecture Series
Time:
Wednesday, Jun. 17, 2026, 4:00 p.m.
Location:
Innovation Hub, 2nd Floor, North Basic Research Building
Host:
Wenhui He (何文辉)
Chinese Institutes for Medical Research, Beijing
Speaker:
Qiufu Ma (马秋富)
Professor
Westlake University
TITLE:
Pain and Acupuncture
ABSTRACT:
Pain treatment remains a major medical problem and pain research also faces translational challenges. In this talk, Dr. Ma will first summarize evidence suggesting an anatomical and functional subdivision of the nociceptive sensory systems and argue that the withdrawal behavioral responses to external threats, widely used as for pain measurement, may fail to evaluate the affective components of pain, thereby contributing to poor translational success. He will then discuss the modern scientific basis for electroacupuncture to modulate pain.
SELECTED PAPERS:
1. Huang T, Lin SH, Malewicz NM, Zhang Y, Zhang Y, Goulding M, LaMotte RH, Ma Q. Identifying the pathways required for coping behaviours associated with sustained pain. Nature. 2019 Jan; 565(7737): 86-90.
2. Ma Q. A functional subdivision within the somatosensory system and its implications for pain research. Neuron. 2022 Mar 2; 110(5): 749-769.
3. Liu S, Wang Z, Su Y, Qi L, Yang W, Fu M, Jing X, Wang Y, Ma Q. A neuroanatomical basis for electroacupuncture to drive the vagal-adrenal axis. Nature. 2021 Oct; 598(7882): 641-645.
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