Expression of Interleukin-6 mRNA in Ischemic Rat Brain after Electroacupuncture Stimulation

Acupuncture and Electro-Therapeutics Research

Volumn 28, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 157-166

  Chen, Jian ^b,c   Huang, Cheng ^d   Xiao, Da ^e   Chen, Han Ping ^a,e   Cheng, Jie Shi ^a,b  

^a Dept of Traditional Chinese Med ^*  (China)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^e Shanghai Research Center of Acupuncture and Meridian   (China)

Author keywords

Cerebral ischemia; Electroacupuncture; In situ hybridization; Interleukin 6; Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT PCR)

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; GENES; IMMUNOLOGY; NEUROLOGY;

GENE EXPRESSIONS; INFLAMMATORY RESPONSES;

RNA;

INTERLEUKIN 6;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPREGULATION;

EID: 0442310557     PISSN: 03601293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/036012903815901642     Document Type: Article

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