Electroacupuncture suppresses spinal expression of neurokinin-1 receptors induced by persistent inflammation in rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 384, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 339-343

  Zhang, Rui Xin ^a   Liu, Bing ^a   Qiao, Jian Tian ^b   Wang, Linbo ^a   Ren, Ke ^c   Berman, Brian M ^a   Lao, Lixing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SHANXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND DENTAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Complete Freund's adjuvant; Hyperalgesia; Inflammatory pain; Neurokinin 1 receptor; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

FREUND ADJUVANT; NEUROKININ 1 RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; HYPERALGESIA; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANIMALS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DOWN-REGULATION; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FREUND'S ADJUVANT; HYPERALGESIA; INFLAMMATION; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, NEUROKININ-1; SPINAL CORD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 20644445418     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2005.05.001     Document Type: Article

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