Ng L K, Douthitt T C, Thoa N B, Albert C A
Biol Psychiatry. 1975 Oct;10(5):575-80.
The experimental paradigm reported here provides a useful animal model with which to further study the effects of regional electrostimulation and its possible relationship with electrical acupuncture. What similarities there may be between electrical acupuncture and the technique of regional electrocerebral stimulation used for production of electrosleep and electronarcosis in animals and man (Wageneder et al., 1966) remain to be elucidated. Further research studies, both clinical and basic, are clearly needed to answer some of the questions relating to the safety, efficacy, and possible mechanisms by which a technique such as electrical acupuncture may exert its effects.
本文报道的实验范式提供了一个有用的动物模型，可用于进一步研究局部电刺激的效果及其与电针可能的关系。电针与用于在动物和人类中产生电睡眠和电麻醉的局部脑电刺激技术（Wageneder等人，1966年）之间可能存在的相似之处仍有待阐明。显然需要进一步开展临床和基础研究，以回答一些与电针等技术的安全性、有效性及其可能发挥作用的机制相关的问题。
