Suppressive effect of acupuncture on delayed type hypersensitivity to trinitrochlorobenzene and involvement of opiate receptors

Naloxone blockade of acupuncture analgesia: Endorphin implicated

Bruce Pomeranz, Daryl T. J. Chiu · Life Sciences · 1976 · 626 citations

Health Sciences, Pain Medicine, Medicine +10

Immunoregulation mediated by the sympathetic nervous system

Hugo O. Besedovsky, Adriana del Rey, E. Sorkin et al. · Cellular Immunology · 1979 · 487 citations

Allergy, Autoimmune Disease, Medicine +6

Increased Cerebrospinal Fluid Levels of Endorphins after Electro‐Acupuncture

Bengt H. Sjölund, Lars Terenius, Mats Eriksson · Acta Physiologica Scandinavica · 1977 · 464 citations

Neurophysiology, Medicine, Cerebrospinal Fluid +10

Electroacupuncture analgesia could be mediated by at least two pain-relieving mechanisms; endorphin and non-endorphin systems

Richard S.S. Cheng, Bruce Pomeranz · Life Sciences · 1979 · 319 citations

Pain Therapy, Pain Research, Pain-relieving Mechanisms +12

The Periaqueductal Gray Matter Mediates Opiate-Induced Immunosuppression

Richárd Wéber, Agu Pert · Science · 1989 · 282 citations

Immunology, Periaqueductal Gray Matter, Social Sciences +20