Nitric oxide/cGMP pathway mediates orofacial antinociception induced by electroacupuncture at the St36 acupoint

Brain Research

Volumn 1188, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 54-60

  Almeida, Renato Teixeira ^a   Duarte, Igor Dimitri Gama ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Analgesia; Nitric oxide; Nociception; Orofacial

Indexed keywords

1H 1,2,4 OXADIAZOLO[4,3 A]QUINOXALIN 1 ONE; AMINOGUANIDINE; ARGININE; CYCLIC GMP; GUANYLATE CYCLASE INHIBITOR; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FACE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NEEDLE; NERVE STIMULATION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THERMAL STIMULATION; WISTAR RAT;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ANIMALS; CYCLIC GMP; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FACIAL PAIN; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; HEAT; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REFLEX; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UP-REGULATION;

RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 37549056609     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2007.10.060     Document Type: Article

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