Somatostatin and electroacupuncture inhibited c-fos expression in spinal cord of arthritic rats

Acta Pharmacologica Sinica

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 474-477

  Ruan, Huai Zhen ^a   Li, Xi Cheng ^a   Li, Hai Di ^a   Zhao, Bang Yun ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Adjuvant arthritis; Electroacupuncture; Immunohistochemistry; Proto oncogene proteins c fos; Sinal cord; Somatostatin

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN C FOS; SOMATOSTATIN;

ADJUVANT ARTHRITIS; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SPINAL CORD;

ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; ANALGESIA; ANIMALS; ARTHRITIS, EXPERIMENTAL; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEMALE; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MALE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SOMATOSTATIN; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0030873922     PISSN: 02539756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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