Anatomical evidence of regional specific effects of acupuncture on gastric motor function in rats

Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical

Volumn 137, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 67-76

  Iwa, Masahiro ^a,b   Tateiwa, Megumi ^b   Sakita, Masakazu ^b   Fujimiya, Mineko ^c   Takahashi, Toku ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MEIJI UNIVERSITY OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

c Fos; Dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus (DMV); nucleus tractus solitarius (NTS); Rostral ventrolateral medulla (RVLM)

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOTONEURON NUCLEUS; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PREGANGLIONIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; STOMACH MOTILITY;

ACUPUNCTURE; ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN STEM; CELL COUNT; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; MALE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 36049027507     PISSN: 15660702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2007.08.001     Document Type: Article

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