INCREASED β-ENDORPHIN BUT NOT MET-ENKEPHALIN LEVELS IN HUMAN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID AFTER ACUPUNCTURE FOR RECURRENT PAIN

β-Endorphin and Adrenocorticotropin Are Selected Concomitantly by the Pituitary Gland

Roger Guillemin, Therese Vargo, Jean Rossier et al. · Science · 1977 · 1.4K citations

Life Sciences, Endocrinology, Neurobiology +15

Antagonism of acupuncture analgesia in man by the narcotic antagonist naloxone

David J. Mayer, Donald D. Price, Amir Rafii · Brain Research · 1977 · 756 citations

Medicine, Pharmacology, Pharmacotherapy +10

Naloxone blockade of acupuncture analgesia: Endorphin implicated

Bruce Pomeranz, Daryl T. J. Chiu · Life Sciences · 1976 · 627 citations

Medicine, Anesthesiology, Pharmacology +13

Increased Cerebrospinal Fluid Levels of Endorphins after Electro‐Acupuncture

Bengt H. Sjölund, Lars Terenius, Mats Eriksson · Acta Physiologica Scandinavica · 1977 · 467 citations

Medicine, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +4

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

Nursing, Anesthesiology, Pain Management +12