Minerva Med. 1982 Jul; 73(30-31): 2027-30.

[Acupuncture and dopamine]

Cocchi R.

A review of present knowledge on the connection between acupuncture and dopamine is presented. It is pointed out that clinical studies on the use of acupuncture in diseases where there is a known imbalance in the cerebral dopaminergic mechanisms almost completely ignore this connection. Similarly studies on the role of dopamine in electroacupuncture analgesia have so far produced conflicting results.