Effect of oxytocin on acupuncture analgesia in the rat

Neuropeptides

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 285-292

  Yang, Jun ^a   Yang, Yu ^a   Chen, Jian Min ^a   Liu, Wen Yan ^b   Wang, Cheng Hai ^c   Lin, Bao Cheng ^c  

^a Guangdong Bangmin Pharmaceutical Co Ltd   (China)

^b JINING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acupuncture analgesia; Anti oxytocin serum; Central nervous system; Hypothalamic supraoptic nucleus; Oxytocin; Peripheral organ

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN ANTAGONIST;

ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPHE MAGNUS NUCLEUS; RAT; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; THORACIC SPINAL CORD;

ACUPUNCTURE; ANALGESIA; ANIMALS; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MALE; OXYTOCIN; PAIN; PITUITARY GLAND; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD;

RATTUS;

EID: 34547922792     PISSN: 01434179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.npep.2007.05.004     Document Type: Article

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