Effect of acupuncture on pubertal development of rats and rabbits at different developmental stages

Neuropeptides

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 249-261

  Zhaohui, Zhang ^a   Yugui, Cui ^a   Yuanming, Zhong ^a   Xuesong, Wang ^a   Xiaobing, Ju ^a   Zhice, Xu ^b,c   Guipeng, Ding ^a   Qianle, Tian ^a   Yue, Jia ^a  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arcuate nucleus (Arc); Electro acupuncture; Electrophysiology; Gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH); Hypothalamus pituitary; PCR

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEMALE; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RABBIT; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; BODY WEIGHT; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; MALE; OVARY; PUBERTY; RABBITS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPERM COUNT; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RATTUS;

EID: 34347351156     PISSN: 01434179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.npep.2007.02.003     Document Type: Article

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