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  • Title: Inhibitory effect of analogous electro-acupuncture on experimental arrhythmia.
    Author: Xia Y, Guo XQ, Zhang AZ, Cao XD, Li P.
    Journal: Acupunct Electrother Res; 1985; 10(1-2):13-34. PubMed ID: 2409754.
    Abstract:
    Rabbits were used to study the inhibitory effect of analogous electro-acupuncture on the experimental arrhythmias, i.e. hypothalamic stimulation-induced ventricular extrasystole (HVE). The result revealed that HVE, which was due to an increased cardiac sympathetic activity, could be inhibited by deep peroneal nerve stimulation with an electrical current of low frequency and low intensity. Such effect is related to endogenous opioid peptides and serotonin in the arcuatus area, the periaqueductal gray and and the medial medulla. The acupuncture correction of arrhythmias may have the same mechanism.
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