Electroacupuncture reduces stress-induced expression of c-Fos in the brain of the rat

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 795-806

  Lee, Hye Jung ^a   Lee, Bombi ^a   Choi, Sun Hye ^a   Hahm, Dae Hyun ^a   Kim, Mi Rye ^b   Roh, Pyung Ui ^b   Pyun, Kwang Ho ^c   Golden, Gregory ^d,e   Yang, Chae Ha ^b   Shim, Insop ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b Daegu Haany University   (South Korea)

^c The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acupoint; c fos; Electro acupuncture; HPA; LC; PVN; Stress

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN C FOS;

ACUPUNCTURE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; HEART; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LOCUS CERULEUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PERICARDIUM; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; STRIA TERMINALIS; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STRESS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STRESS;

EID: 21744434076     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X04002405     Document Type: Article

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