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SMOKING CESSATION AFTER ACUPUNCTURE TREATMENT 

Authors: Mehmet Tugrul Cabioglu a;  Neyhan Ergene a; Uumlner Tan b
Affiliations:   a Department of Physiology, Selccediluk University, Konya, Turkey
b Department of Physiology, Ccedilukurova University, Adana, Turkey
DOI: 10.1080/00207450500535289
Publication Frequency: 12 issues per year
Published in: journal International Journal of Neuroscience, Volume 117, Issue 5 May 2007 , pages 571 - 578
Subject: Neuroscience;
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Abstract

Acupuncture is applied, especially in treatment of pain, hemiplegia, obesity, and psychological illnesses including addiction. Recently, ear and body acupuncture have been frequently used in the treatment of smoking. An increase in levels of endorphin, enkephalin, epinephrine, norepinephrine, serotonin, and dopamine in the central nervous system and plasma has been reported as the most important mechanism of acupuncture. That is, acupuncture application may increase the levels of endorphin, enkephalin, epinephrine, norepinephrine, serotonin, and dopamine in the central nervous system and plasma. The authors think that acupuncture application provides the patients with deterioration in the taste of smoking, decrease in desire of smoking, and the obstruction of psychological symptoms that appear as a result of smoking cessation. Because of these effects it is presumed that acupuncture application may be used as an important method for smoking cessation treatment.
Keywords: acupuncture; dopamine; enkephalin; serotonin; smoking cessation
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