Electroacupuncture induces the expression of Fos in rat dorsal horn via capsaicin-insensitive afferents

Brain Research

Volumn 978, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 136-140

  Uchida, Yasuyuki ^a   Nishigori, Ayahiko ^a   Takeda, Daisuke ^a   Ohshiro, Masanori ^b   Ueda, Yoshihiro ^a   Ohshima, Minoru ^a   Kashiba, Hitoshi ^a  

^a Kansai College of Oriental Medicine   (Japan)

^b HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Capsaicin; Electroacupuncture; Fos; Rat; Spinal dorsal horn

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN; FORMALDEHYDE; PROTEIN FOS;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HINDLIMB; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NONMYELINATED NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL;

EID: 0038771195     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(03)02800-2     Document Type: Article

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