Effects of electro-acupuncture on NT-4 expression in spinal dorsal root ganglion and associated segments of the spinal dorsal horn in cats subjected to adjacent dorsal root ganglionectomy

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 450, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 158-162

  Liu, Fen ^a   Sun, Wei Wei ^a,c   Wang, Ying ^d   Hu, Li Qun ^b   Dai, Ping ^a   Tian, Chang Fu ^a   Wang, Ting Hua ^a  

^a KUNMING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ANHUI PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^c Kunming Children's Hospital   (China)

^d WEIFANG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cat; Dorsal root ganglion; Electro acupuncture; Ganglionectomy; Neurotrophin 4; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

NEUROTROPHIN 4;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CYTOPLASM; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; GANGLIONECTOMY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL GANGLION;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ANIMALS; CATS; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; GANGLIA, SPINAL; GANGLIONECTOMY; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NEURONS;

EID: 58149345500     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2008.09.066     Document Type: Article

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