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Acupuncture Research Related to Pain, Drug Addiction and Nerve Regeneration

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Scientific Bases of Acupuncture

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Research in our laboratory on the mechanisms of acupuncture has proceeded along three main lines. First we studied the neurochemical basis of acupuncture analgesia (AA) and since 1976 have published 39 papers on this subject [47].

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  1. Departments of Zoology and Physiology, University of Toronto, 25 Harbord Street, Toronto, M5S1A, Canada

    Bruce Pomeranz

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  1. Dept. of Physiology (Faculty of Medicine), Dept. of Zoology (Faculty of Arts and Science), University of Toronto, 25, Harbord St., Toronto, M5S1A1, Ontario, Canada

    Bruce Pomeranz M.D., Ph. D.

  2. Acupuncture Centrum, Goltsteinstrasse 26, D-4000, Düsseldorf, Federal Republic of Germany

    Gabriel Stux M.D.

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Pomeranz, B. (1989). Acupuncture Research Related to Pain, Drug Addiction and Nerve Regeneration. In: Pomeranz, B., Stux, G. (eds) Scientific Bases of Acupuncture. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73757-2_3

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