title: [Acupuncture and dopamine].
abstract: A review of present knowledge on the connection between acupuncture and dopamine is presented. It is pointed out that clinical studies on the use of acupuncture in diseases where there is a known imbalance in the cerebral dopaminergic mechanisms almost completely ignore this connection. Similarly studies on the role of dopamine in electroacupuncture analgesia have so far produced conflicting results.
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D000698:Analgesia; D000818:Animals; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004298:Dopamine / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D018492:Dopamine Antagonists; D004329:Droperidol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D011817:Rabbits; D051381:Rats; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents; D018492:Dopamine Antagonists; D004329:Droperidol; D004298:Dopamine
vernacular_title: Agopuntura e dopamina.