Xia Y, Guo X Q, Zhang A Z, Cao X D, Li P
Acupunct Electrother Res. 1985;10(1-2):13-34. doi: 10.3727/036012985816714595.
Rabbits were used to study the inhibitory effect of analogous electro-acupuncture on the experimental arrhythmias, i.e. hypothalamic stimulation-induced ventricular extrasystole (HVE). The result revealed that HVE, which was due to an increased cardiac sympathetic activity, could be inhibited by deep peroneal nerve stimulation with an electrical current of low frequency and low intensity. Such effect is related to endogenous opioid peptides and serotonin in the arcuatus area, the periaqueductal gray and and the medial medulla. The acupuncture correction of arrhythmias may have the same mechanism.
采用家兔研究类同电针刺激对实验性心律失常即下丘脑刺激诱发室性期前收缩（HVE）的抑制作用。结果显示，由心脏交感神经活动增强所致的HVE，可通过低频低强度电流刺激腓深神经而受到抑制。这种效应与弓状核、导水管周围灰质及延髓内侧的内源性阿片肽和5-羟色胺有关。针刺纠正心律失常可能具有相同的机制。
