Acupuncture stimulation of ST-36 (Zusanli) significantly mitigates acute lung injury in lipopolysaccharide-stimulated rats

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 722-730

  Huang, C L ^a   Huang, C J ^b   Tsai, P S ^c   Yan, L P ^a   Xu, Heng Ze ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^b MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; iNOS; LPS; Lung injury; NO; Rats; Sepsis; ST 36

Indexed keywords

INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; PEROXIDASE;

ACUPUNCTURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG EFFECT; HEART RATE; LUNG; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACUPUNCTURE; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; HEART RATE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; ORGAN SIZE; PEROXIDASE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 33750116425     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2006.01029.x     Document Type: Article

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