title: [Acupoint: the sensor of the information in the organic body].
abstract: Based on the structure and function of acupoint and in association of the definition and principle of sensor, the acupoint is the sensitive element, being sensitive to the physical stimulation with acupuncture and moxibustion and sensitively responded to the disorders; the acupoint is the sensing element, transforming the changes of the acupoint information via the complicated internet conduction, integration and regulation, so as to generate the effects on organic body; the acupoint is the conversion element, transforming every irritation into the bioelectric signal or optical signal so that the organic body could recognize it. Therefore, the acupoint is regarded as the sensor of information in the organic body.
authors.forename: Yuan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Xue
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Sha-Sha
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.forename: Shou-Hai
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: Kuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Hai-Long
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Guo
mesh_terms: D015669:Acupuncture Points; D055724:Electrophysiological Phenomena; D006801:Humans; D016740:Meridians