Acupuncture stimulation to the sacral segment affects state of vigilance in rats

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 531-537

  Wang, Hui ^a   Tanaka, Yoshiyuki ^b   Seki, Hideo ^b   Jodo, Eiich ^a   Kayama, Yukihiko ^a   Kawauchi, Akihiro ^b   Miki, Tsuneharu ^b   Otsuki, Manabu ^c   Koyama, Yoshimasa ^d  

^a FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Otsuki Sleep Clinic   (Japan)

^d FUKUSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Electroencephalogram; GABAergic systems; Locus coeruleus; Sacral segment

Indexed keywords

BICUCULLINE; URETHAN;

ACUPUNCTURE; ALERTNESS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BETA RHYTHM; DELTA RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THETA RHYTHM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ACUPUNCTURE; ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AROUSAL; BICUCULLINE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; LOCUS COERULEUS; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MALE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME;

EID: 33947136282     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2006.12.011     Document Type: Article

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