Zhen Ci Yan Jiu. 1995 ; 20(2): 7-11.

[Effect of electrical stimulation of red nucleus on acupuncture analgesia]

Yu Q, Fang Z, Li Y.

Institute of Acupuncture and moxibution, China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing.

The function of red nucleus (RN) was important in motor control. This work was to study whether the RN influenced the effect of EA and the somatosensory afferent system. C-responses of spinal dorsal horn neurons (SDHN) were recorded as nociceptive responses. Electrical stimulation of RN could intensify the inhibitory effect of EA and inhibit nociptive response of SDHN. Naloxone (NX) could completely block that inhibition of RN. The result inferred that the RN can modulate both of somatomotion and somatosense. The endogenous opiate system is involved in the somatosensory modulation of RN.