Acupuncture may ease pain by triggering release of natural painkiller | Science | guardian.co.uk
Via medgadget—full text of the study in Nature Neuroscience: Adenosine A1 receptors mediate local anti-nociceptive effects of acupuncture.“The view that acupuncture does not have much benefit beyond the placebo effect has really hampered research into the technique,” said Maiken Nedergaard, a neuroscientist at the University of Rochester Medical Centre in New York, who led the study.
“Some people think any work in this area is junk research, but I think that’s wrong. I was really surprised at the arrogance of some of my colleagues. We can benefit from what has been learned over many thousands of years,” Nedergaard told the Guardian.
