Acupunct Electrother Res. 1986 ; 11(3-4): 199-205.

Bio-electrical brain relations of pain and acupuncture effects on EEG spectral analysis in healthy volunteers.

Varrassi G, Manna V, Moffa G, Cassabgi F.

Pain description and objective evaluation is difficult. In the last few years, a number of neuro-physiological methods have been used in the study of pain and acupuncture analgesia. EEG spectral analysis allows the description and objective quantification of brain bio-electrical activity changes. The present study aims at evaluating ischemic experimental pain, electroacupuncture (EA) and ischemic pain following EA on EEG spectral analysis in healthy volunteers.