Relationship between electroacupuncture analgesia and dopamine receptors in nucleus accumbens

Acta Pharmacologica Sinica

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 494-496

  Wang, Yan Qing ^a   Cao, Xiao Ding ^a   Li, Kuan Yan ^a   Wu, Gen Cheng ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dopamine D1 receptors; Dopamine D2 receptors; Electroacupuncture analgesia; l tetrahydropalmatine; Nucleus accumbens; Quinpirole; SK and F 38393

Indexed keywords

2,3,4,5 TETRAHYDRO 7,8 DIHYDROXY 1 PHENYL 1H 3 BENZAZEPINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; QUINPIROLE; TETRAHYDROPALMATINE;

ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEMALE; INTRACEREBRAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RAT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING;

2,3,4,5-TETRAHYDRO-7,8-DIHYDROXY-1-PHENYL-1H-3-BENZAZEPINE; ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; ANIMALS; BERBERINE ALKALOIDS; DOPAMINE AGONISTS; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEMALE; MALE; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; QUINPIROLE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE;

EID: 0030780662     PISSN: 02539756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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