Cocchi R, Lamma A
Minerva Med. 1983 Apr 21;74(17):969-74.
A review of the relationship between electro-acupuncture and acetylcholine is presented. Brain cholinergic mechanisms of areas such as hypothalamus, thalamus, locus coeruleus, caudatus-putamen complex and cortex are surely involved in the production of acupuncture analgesia; the role of peripheral cholinergic mechanisms is still disputed, although confirmed by a certain number of indirect positive results.
本文综述了电针与乙酰胆碱之间的关系。下丘脑、丘脑、蓝斑、尾状核 - 壳核复合体和皮层等脑区的胆碱能机制肯定参与了针刺镇痛的产生；尽管有一定数量的间接阳性结果证实，但外周胆碱能机制的作用仍存在争议。
