Role of Mast Cells in Acupuncture Effect: A Pilot Study

Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 170-177

  Zhang, Di ^a   Ding, Guanghong ^a   Shen, Xueyong ^b   Yao, Wei ^a   Zhang, Zhiying ^c   Zhang, Yuqing ^a   Lin, Jun ^a   Gu, Quanbao ^d  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Acupoint; analgesia; degranulation ratio; DSCG; mast cells

Indexed keywords

CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ACUPUNCTURE; ANALGESIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CELL GRANULE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SHAPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INHIBITION KINETICS; MALE; MAST CELL; MAST CELL DEGRANULATION; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TAIL FLICK TEST; TISSUE SLICE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ANIMALS; CELL DEGRANULATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; MALE; MAST CELLS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PILOT PROJECTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 42949090375     PISSN: 15508307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.explore.2008.02.002     Document Type: Article

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