Effects of acupuncture on nNOS and iNOS expression in the rostral ventrolateral medulla of stress-induced hypertensive rats

Acupuncture and Electro-Therapeutics Research

Volumn 30, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 263-273

  Huang, Yu Ling ^a   Fan, Ming Xin ^a   Wang, Jin ^a   Li, Li ^a   Lu, Ning ^a   Cao, Yin Xiang ^a   Shen, Lin Lin ^a   Zhu, Da Nian ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Inducible nitric oxide synthase; Neuronal nitric oxide synthase; Rostral ventrolateral medulla; Stress induced hypertension

Indexed keywords

INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; MESSENGER RNA; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ACUPUNCTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC SHOCK; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRESS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 33645320013     PISSN: 03601293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/036012905815901235     Document Type: Article

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