Anticonvulsion effect of acupuncture might be related to the decrease of neuronal and inducible nitric oxide synthases

Acupuncture and Electro-Therapeutics Research

Volumn 24, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 161-167

  Yang, Ru ^a   Huang, Zhi Nong ^a   Cheng, Jie Shi ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Electroacupuncture (EA); Epilepsy; Hippocampus; Nitric oxide synthase (NOS); RT PCR

Indexed keywords

DRUG PRODUCTS; ENZYMES; RNA;

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASES;

ELECTROACUPUNCTURE;

MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PENICILLIN G;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0033511257     PISSN: 03601293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/036012999816356327     Document Type: Article

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