Effect of melatonin and electroacupuncture (EA) on NK cell activity, interleukin-2 production and POMC-derived peptides in traumatic rats

Acupuncture and Electro-Therapeutics Research

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 95-105

  Huang, Ying Su ^a   Jiang, Jan Wei ^a   Wu, Gen Cheng ^a   Cao, Xiao Ding ^a  

^a NONE   (China)

Author keywords

ACTH; Electroacupuncture; Interleukin 2; Melatonin; Natural killer cell activity; Surgical trauma; endorphin

Indexed keywords

CELLS; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ELECTROTHERAPEUTICS;

LYMPHOCYTES;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

BETA ENDORPHIN; CORTICOTROPIN; INTERLEUKIN 2; MELATONIN; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INJURY; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PLASMA; RAT; SPLEEN;

EID: 0036042431     PISSN: 03601293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/036012902816026077     Document Type: Article

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