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A stimulator that analogs the needle puncture has been designed to deliver quantitative mechanical stimulus to a small area of muscle. A friction coupler is designed to transmit the driving force from motor to a needle which is used to deliver stimulus. Rotation of the needle may be stopped but the friction will be maintained between the needle and the tissue when this friction moment comes to the driving moment of the coupler. Experiments were done on 6 hindlimb muscles in 2 cats and the results show the value of the stimulator in probing the mechanisms of acupuncture.
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The hypothesis of Meridian-Cortex-Viscera Interrelationship maintains: 1. Meridian channel system is an independent system connected with the nerves to the cortex; 2. It acts through the nerves; 3. The nervous action is realized by humoral agents. This article gives preliminary-experimental supports for the above criteria.
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Terapia por Acupuntura , Córtex Cerebral/fisiologia , Animais , Gatos , Cães , Estimulação Elétrica , Feminino , Masculino , Coelhos , Fenômenos Fisiológicos da PeleRESUMO
In this article, seventy nociceptive units of dorsal horn and five preganglionic sympathetic units of spinal cord in forty-four anesthetized cats immobilized with Flaxedil were studied. The results observed were: 1. Electrophoretic administration of noradrenaline (NA) induced a remarkable depression of both evoked and spontaneous discharges of nociceptive units. Similar effects could be produced by electric stimulation of noradrenergic Al nuclei or injection of amphetamine or hand pressing of "Zusanli" (one form of acupuncture) respectively. 2. The effect of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT on evoked nociceptive discharge was similar to NA, but on spontaneous discharge of nociceptive units was excitement. 3. Effects of the above-mentioned factors on the nociceptive discharges of preganglionic sympathetic neurons were similar to the nociceptive units too. 4. On the contrary, the activity of inhibited neuron by noxious stimulation was augmented by administration of NA, amphetamine, the stimulation of Al nuclei and the deep muscle. It is suggested that the noradrenergic nuclei in lower brain stem may play an important role in descending inhibitory circuits of nociceptive spinal reflex.