Involvement of ionotropic glutamate receptors in low frequency electroacupuncture analgesia in rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 377, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 185-188

  Choi, Byung Tae ^a,b   Lee, Jun Hyuk ^a   Wan, You ^b   Han, Ji Sheng ^b  

^a Dong Eui University   (South Korea)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

AMPA; Electroacupuncture; KA; NMDA

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 6 NITRO 7 SULFAMOYLBENZO[F]QUINOXALINE 2,3 DIONE; ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; AMPA RECEPTOR; AMPA RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID; IONOTROPIC RECEPTOR; KAINIC ACID RECEPTOR; KAINIC ACID RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 14744292444     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2004.11.095     Document Type: Article

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