Involvement of serotonin in the hypoglycemic response to 2 Hz electroacupuncture of zusanli acupoint (ST36) in rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 379, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 69-73

  Chang, Shih Liang ^a   Tsai, Chin Chuan ^a   Lin, Jaung Geng ^a   Hsieh, Ching Liang ^a   Lin, Rong Tsung ^a   Cheng, Juei Tang ^b  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Electroacupucture; Insulin; Plasma glucose; Serotonin; Zusanli acupoint; Endorphin

Indexed keywords

BETA ENDORPHIN; FENCLONINE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; NALOXONE; OPIATE PEPTIDE; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; SEROTONIN RELEASE; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; ZUSANLI ACUPOINT;

EID: 16244405873     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2004.12.057     Document Type: Article

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