Disruption of glial function enhances electroacupuncture analgesia in arthritic rats

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 198, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 294-302

  Sun, Shan ^a,b   Chen, Wen Ling ^a,b   Wang, Pei Fen ^a,b   Zhao, Zhi Qi ^a,b   Zhang, Yu Qiu ^a,b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shanghai Research Center of Acupuncture and Meridian   (China)

Author keywords

Allodynia; Electroacupuncture; Fluorocitrate; Glial cells; Hyperalgesia; Intrathecal injection; Monoarthritis; Rat

Indexed keywords

FLUOROCITRIC ACID; FREUND ADJUVANT;

ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANKLE; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; GLIA CELL; HYPERALGESIA; INFLAMMATION; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MONARTHRITIS; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THERMAL STIMULATION; WAKEFULNESS; WITHDRAWAL REFLEX;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ARTHRITIS; CITRATES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FREUND'S ADJUVANT; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; NEUROGLIA; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33645744981     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2005.11.011     Document Type: Article

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