Effects of acupuncture at GV01 on experimentally induced colitis in rats: Possible involvement of the opioid system

Japanese Journal of Physiology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 205-210

  Kim, Hee Young ^a   Hahm, Dae Hyun ^a   Pyun, Kwang Ho ^b   Lee, Seung Ki ^a   Lee, Hye Jung ^a   Nam, Tchi Chou ^c   Shim, Insop ^b  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Colitis; GV01; Opioid pathways

Indexed keywords

NALOXONE; OPIATE RECEPTOR;

ACUPUNCTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLITIS; COLON MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ANIMALS; COLITIS; COLON; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; MALE; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; PEROXIDASE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TRINITROBENZENESULFONIC ACID;

EID: 28544449331     PISSN: 0021521X     EISSN: 0021521X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2170/jjphysiol.S647     Document Type: Article

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