Such animal studies help to confirm the “objective” effects of acupuncture as well as test the effects of acupuncture on anatomical structures and physiological functions not easily studied in humans. The following studies all appeared in issue #4, 2006 of this journal.
Source: The Classic Corner: An Archived Abstracted Report from 2006 by Honora Wolfe on Recently Published Acupuncture Animal Studies
Zhen Jiu Yan Jiu (Acupuncture-moxibustion Research), published by the Institute of Acupuncture-moxibustion of the Chinese National Chinese Medical Academy and the Chinese National Association of Acupuncture-moxibustion, mainly carries articles on acupuncture animal studies.