Tritiated imipramine binding to whole platelets was measured in 16 chronic pain patients who were free from major depression, and in a control group.

The maximum binding was significantly lower in chronic pain patients than in the control group, whereas the binding affinity was not significantly different.

Twelve patients were treated with mianserin for 21 days; this produced a significant improvement in the mean scores for pain (evaluated with the McGill Questionnaire) and depressive symptoms (assessed with the Zung Self-Rating Scale). Leggi tutto...

In questo lavo gli Autori propongono uno schema per una ricerca policentrica sul trattamento delle cefalee primarie mediante agopuntura.

In esso vengono riportate delle note classificative delle algie del capo, elementi per l’inquadramemo nosologico delle varie forme e cenni di diagnosi differenziale fra di esse. Leggi tutto...

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The Authors have investigated the antihallucinogenic and sedative effects of auricular points R and shen menn during surgery under ketamine anesthesia.

The results demonstrate that the insertion of the needle in point R is very efficient in reducing hallucinations of ketamine emergence, while the insertion of needle in auricular point shen menn causes only a brief period of sedation in the beginning of the emergence period.

The acupunctural technique employed by the Authors has been shown to increase considerably approbation of ketamine anesthesia.
 

Ketamine, 2-(0-chlorophenyl)-2-(methylamino)-cyclohexanone, is a general anesthetic which on awakening produces psychic disturbance correlated with the metabolism of serotonin.

Since it is know that acupuncture increases cerebral serotonin, the blood levels of total and free tryptophan, its precursor, were studied in healthy volunteers to find out if the anti-hallucinatory action of acupuncture is dependent on an increase in cerebral serotonin.