Acupuncture increases nitric oxide synthase expression in hippocampus of streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 305-313

  Jang, Mi Hyeon ^a   Shin, Min Chul ^a   Lim, Baek Vin ^a   Kim, Hyun Bae ^a   Kim, Young Pyo ^a   Kim, Ee Hwa ^b   Kim, Hong ^c   Shin, Mal Soon ^c   Kim, Sung Soo ^c   Kim, Chang Ju ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Semyung University   (South Korea)

^c Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide Phosphate diaphorase Histochemistry; Nitric Oxide Synthase; Streptozotocin; Zusanli Acupoint

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NOS1 PROTEIN, RAT;

ACUPUNCTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL COUNT; CYTOCHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL DIABETES MELLITUS; MALE; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ACUPUNCTURE; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0041818420     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X03000989     Document Type: Article

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