[The role of catecholaminergic group-A5 neurons in analgesia induced by auricular electroacupuncture and in electrodermal pain stimulation]

E O Bragin; G F Vasilenko; N N Batueva; R A Belitskaia; O V Shumova

[The role of catecholaminergic group-A5 neurons in analgesia induced by auricular electroacupuncture and in electrodermal pain stimulation]

Biull Eksp Biol Med. 1989 Mar;107(3):310-2.

[Article in Russian]

Authors

E O Bragin, G F Vasilenko, N N Batueva, R A Belitskaia, O V Shumova

PMID: 2540852

Abstract

The activity of antinociceptive mechanisms of auricular electroacupuncture (AEA) and footshock (FS) was studied on rats with bilaterally lesioned group A5 neurones. It was shown that the activity of the antinociceptive mechanisms triggered in experimental rats as compared to control rats. The data reveal the involvement of A5-nuclei in the antinociceptive mechanisms of AEA and FS.

Publication types

Comparative Study
English Abstract

MeSH terms

Acupuncture Therapy / methods*
Animals
Ear, External
Electric Stimulation / methods
Electric Stimulation Therapy / methods*
Electrodes, Implanted
Neurons / physiology*
Pain / physiopathology*
Rats
Reaction Time / physiology
Receptors, Adrenergic / physiology*
Receptors, Catecholamine
Skin / physiopathology*
Time Factors
Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation / methods*

Substances

Receptors, Adrenergic
Receptors, Catecholamine