Effect of electroacupuncture at acupoints of the Governor Vessel on aquaporin-4 in rat with experimental spinal cord injury

Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 148-152

  Xie, Jie ^a   Fang, Jian ^a   Feng, Xinsong ^a   Liu, Qingsi ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN 4;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDEMA; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; RATING SCALE; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TISSUE REGENERATION; WHITE MATTER;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ANIMALS; AQUAPORIN 4; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 33846449451     PISSN: 02552922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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