Acupuncture-related techniques for the treatment of opiate addiction:a case of translational medicine

作     者：Jisheng Han Cailian Cui Liuzhen Wu 

作者机构：Neuroscience Research InstitutePeking UniversityBeijing 100191China Department of NeurobiologySchool of Basic Medical SciencesPeking UniversityBeijing 100191China Key Laboratory for NeuroscienceMinistry of EducationBeijing 100191China Key Laboratory for NeuroscienceMinistry of HealthBeijing 100191China 

出 版 物：《Frontiers of Medicine》 (医学前沿（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2011年第5卷第3期

页      面：141-150页

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学科分类：1006[医学-中西医结合] 1005[医学-中医学] 100502[医学-中医临床基础] 100602[医学-中西医结合临床] 10[医学] 

基　　金：supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(Nos.2007CB512501 2009CB522003) 

主　　题：morphine dependence withdrawal addiction dynorphins acupuncture electroacupuncture transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation(TEAS) enkephalins endorphins 

摘      要：Drug addiction is a chronic brain disorder characterized by withdrawal symptoms that occur during drug abstinence and a high tendency of *** with the currently available pharmacological interventions,acupuncture therapy has the potential to help drug addicts stay away from drugs without major adverse side *** has taken decades of research to optimize the parameters of electrical acupoint stimulation for detoxification and for relapse prevention,as well as to establish a safe and easy procedure by which drug addicts can use it on *** discovery that acupuncture can trigger the release of opioid substances from the brain in the 1970s provided the *** this,basic research on animals made it possible to understand the mechanisms of action and establish the procedure for treating drug *** article reviews the past,present,and foreseeable future regarding the use of acupuncture-related technique for the treatment of opiate addiction from the perspective of translational medicine.