Minerva Med. 1978 Sep; 69(44): 3003-9.

[Acupuncture, "vital" drugs and psychotropic agents in psychiatric patients. 50 cases]

Cocchi R, Fusari A, Favuto F, Lorini G.

A therapeutical trial by means of acupuncture and "vital" drugs (1-glutamine and N-dipropylacetic acid) in 23 out of 50 psychiatric chronic patients basically depressive, and by means of acupuncture, vital drugs and psychodrugs in the remaining 27 similar patients, is carefully reported. 49 of this patients got improvement, 41 of them in a middle degree. The different neurochemical curcuits (GABA-ergic, glutamergic, adrenergic, noradrenergic, serotoninergic and dopaminergic) put in balance by such therapeutical association have been discussed.