Galeano César
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology and Department of Anaesthesia, University of Sherbrooke, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Sherbrooke, Que.Canada.
Pain. 1978 Feb;4(3):265-271. doi: 10.1016/0304-3959(77)90138-5.
We studied the effect of acupuncture stimulation on pain tolerance in rabbits. Painful stimulation was provided by a tungsten lamp focused on the snout. Four acupuncture points were selected: preocular, retroauricular, in the forepaw between the median and ulnar nerves and in the ears. A control series without acupuncture stimulation was also studied. Electrical stimulation was applied bilaterally through the acupuncture needles. A statistical analysis of the reaction time to the noxious stimulus demonstrated that the responses of the acupunctured animals were not significantly different from those of the controls. On the basis of operational behavioral measurements we conclude that the acupuncture procedure--as we did it--did not produce significant changes of pain tolerance in rabbits.
我们研究了针刺刺激对家兔痛觉耐受的影响。通过聚焦于口鼻部的钨灯提供疼痛刺激。选取了四个穴位：眼前、耳后、位于正中神经和尺神经之间的前爪以及耳部。还研究了一组无针刺刺激的对照实验。通过针刺针双侧施加电刺激。对有害刺激反应时间的统计分析表明，接受针刺的动物的反应与对照组无显著差异。基于操作性行为测量，我们得出结论：就我们所实施的针刺操作而言，并未使家兔的痛觉耐受产生显著变化。
