title: [Acupuncture and acetylcholine].
abstract: A review of the relationship between electro-acupuncture and acetylcholine is presented. Brain cholinergic mechanisms of areas such as hypothalamus, thalamus, locus coeruleus, caudatus-putamen complex and cortex are surely involved in the production of acupuncture analgesia; the role of peripheral cholinergic mechanisms is still disputed, although confirmed by a certain number of indirect positive results.
mesh_terms: D000109:Acetylcholine / Q000502:physiology*; D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D000698:Analgesia / Q000379:methods*; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000502:physiology; D004027:Diencephalon / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D010275:Parasympathetic Nervous System / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D000109:Acetylcholine
vernacular_title: Agopuntura e acetilcolina.