The Effect of Opiate Peptides on Somatostatin-induced Analgesia and Enhancing Electroacupuncture Analgesia[J]. Acupuncture research, 1999, (3): 172-178.
The Effect of Opiate Peptides on Somatostatin-induced Analgesia and Enhancing Electroacupuncture Analgesia[J]. Acupuncture research, 1999, (3): 172-178.DOI:
It was observed the effects of intracerebroventricular (i. c. v. ) injection of naloxone and anti- opi- oid peptide sera on the analgesia and the enhancement of electroacupuncture (EA ) analgesia caused by somatostatin (SS) in this study. Injection(i. c. v. ) of naloxone could block partly the analgesia and the enhancement of electroacupuncture(EA) analgesia caused by SS
which suggested that analgesia and the enhancement of EA analgesia caused by SS might be related to endogenous opiate peptides (EOP). After injection (i. c. v. ) of anti-beta-endorphin serum(AEPS)
anti-fen-enkephalin serum(ALEKS)
anti-dynorphin A1-13 serum(ADYNS) respectively
it was found that AEPS and ALEKS could reduce the effect of SS on analgesia and EA analgesia
but ADYNS failed to have any effect. AEPS could stronger reduce the effect of SS on analgesia but ALEKS has a stronger action to reduce the effect of SS on EA analgesia. Those results implied that the role of SS in analgesia and enhancing EA analgesia was related with beta-endorphin and enkephalin