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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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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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