Electro-acupuncture reduces neuronal apoptosis linked to Bax and Bcl-2 expression in the spinal cords of cats subjected to partial dorsal root ganglionectomy

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2214-2221

  Zhao, Wei ^a,b   Zhao, Qi ^b   Liu, Jia ^a   Xu, Xin Yun ^a   Sun, Wei Wei ^b   Zhou, Xue ^a   Liu, Su ^a,b   Wang, Ting Hua ^a,b,c  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KUNMING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bax; Bcl 2; Electro acupuncture; Lamina II; Nucleus dorsalis

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; GANGLIONECTOMY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NEUROPROTECTION; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL GANGLION; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CATS; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; GANGLIA, SPINAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MALE; NEURONS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 52549111628     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11064-008-9677-x     Document Type: Article

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