Effects of electroacupuncture on c-Fos expression in the spinal cord and brain of rats with chronic visceral hypersensitivity

Neural Regeneration Research

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 339-343

  Wang, Xiaomei ^a,b   Liu, Huirong ^b   Ding, Guanghong ^a   Chen, Yunfei ^b   Wu, Huangan ^b   Li, Na ^b   Zhou, Enhua ^b   Qin, Xiudi ^b   Yuan, Lingsong ^b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Brain gut axis; c Fos; Chronic visceral hypersensitivity; Electroacupuncture; Irritable bowel syndrome

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN C FOS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IRRITABLE COLON; MALE; NEWBORN; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SPINAL CORD; WITHDRAWAL REFLEX;

EID: 67649403257     PISSN: 16735374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-5374.2009.05.003     Document Type: Article

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