Electro-acupuncture attenuates behavioral hyperalgesia and selectively reduces spinal Fos protein expression in rats with persistent inflammation

Journal of Pain

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 111-117

  Lao, Lixing ^a   Zhang, Grant ^a   Wei, Feng ^a   Berman, Brian M ^a   Ren, Ke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Analgesia; Freund's adjuvant; Pain modulation

Indexed keywords

FREUND ADJUVANT; PLACEBO; PROTEIN FOS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; HYPERALGESIA; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NERVE CELL; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PAW EDEMA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; THERMAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0035072111     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/jpai.2001.19575     Document Type: Article

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