Editing Microcurrent electrical neuromuscular stimulator (section)

== Efficacy ==
A study by a neuroretinologist in the late 1980s suggested that microcurrent stimulation of acupuncture points for the eye had positive effects in slowing and even stopping progression of macular degeneration.{{Citation needed|date=January 2010}} This treatment is used to treat both the Wet and Dry forms of AMD. This study was based on Ngok Cheng's research on the increased amounts of ATP levels in living tissue after being stimulated with microcurrent.<ref>{{cite journal  |vauthors=Cheng N, Van Hoof H, Bockx E, etal |title=The effects of electric currents on ATP generation, protein synthesis, and membrane transport of rat skin |journal=Clin. Orthop. Relat. Res. |issue=171 |pages=264–72 |year=1982 |pmid=7140077 }}</ref>