Acupuncture decreases nitric oxide synthase expression in periaqueductal gray area of rats with streptozotocin-induced diabetes

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 337, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 155-158

  Jang, Mi Hyeon ^a   Shin, Min Chul ^a   Koo, Gyo Sung ^b   Lee, Choong Yeol ^b   Kim, Ee Hwa ^c   Kim, Chang Ju ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Gachon University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Semyung University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Diabetes; Dorsolateral periaqueductal gray; Neuronal nitric oxide synthase; Nitric oxide synthase

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ACUPUNCTURE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES;

EID: 0037434472     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(02)01318-6     Document Type: Article

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