Zh Nevropatol Psikhiatr Im S S Korsakova. 1986 ; 86(4): 521-6.

[Ultrastructure of the skin after electroacupuncture]

Kiseleva RE, Pishkov VN, Shirokova TIu, Sosunov AA, Krugliakov PP.

Electron-microscopic examination of the nervous apparatus of the acupuncture points of the rabbit ear has shown that the motor receptor structure of reflexotherapeutic impacts seems to be bundles of nerve fibers with their microenvironment--blood vessels, mast cells, histiocytes. Acupuncture with electrical stimulation and acupuncture based on direct mechanical impact (trauma, compression) and the resultant local inflammation irritate the nerve conductors and initiate the effects of reflexotherapy.