The analgesic effects of electroacupuncture stimulation.
- VernacularTitle:針通電刺激（透針通電麻酔）における鎮痛効果の発現について
- Author:
Tadashi YANO
;
Akisada MARUYAMA
;
Kazu MORI
;
Tsuyoshi OZAKI
;
Minoru HOSHINO
;
Kouji UCHIZONO
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Electroacupuncture analgesia;
Non-contact thermal stimulator;
Endogenous Opiate;
Hypophysis-adrenal cortex System
- From:The Journal of The Japanese Society of Balneology, Climatology and Physical Medicine
1987;50(4):197-206
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
-
Abstract:
For the purpose of estimating the analgesic mechanisums of the electroacupuncture stimulation and relating the adrenocortical function with its analgesic effect, the deviation value of the pain threshold by the stimulation and β-endorphin, Met-enkephalin lebels in the cerebrospinal fluid [CSF] and also cortisol lebel in the blood were observed in experimented dogs.
The both lebels of CSF and cortisol lebel in blood were significantly increased by the electroacupuncture analgesia. These result suggest that in this analgesia, the hypophysis-adrenal cortex system was activated simultaneously with the production of an endogeneous opiate. Using a new designed pain meter system [non-contact thermal stimulator] for the small animals, increasing of the pain threshold lebels was observed objectively.
