Herb-partition moxibustion relieves chronic visceral hyperalgesia and 5-HT concentration in colon mucosa of rats

Neurological Research

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 734-737

  Zhou, En Hua ^a   Liu, Hui Rong ^a   Wu, Huan Gan ^a   Shi, Yin ^a   Wang, Xiao Mei ^b   Yao, Li Qing ^b   Zhong, Yun Shi ^b   Yang, Yun ^a  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

5 hydroxytryptamine; Chronic visceral hypersensitivity; Herb partition moxibustion; Irritable bowel syndrome; Rat

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN;

ABDOMINAL REFLEX; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC VISCERAL HYPERSENSITIVITY; COLON MUCOSA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING COLON; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HERB PARTITION MOXIBUSTION; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; MOXIBUSTION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; RAT; RECTUM; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; WITHDRAWAL REFLEX;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; COLON; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HYPERALGESIA; MOXIBUSTION; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PHYTOTHERAPY; RATS; REFLEX, ABDOMINAL; SEROTONIN; VISCERAL AFFERENTS;

EID: 68849092829     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/174313209X382313     Document Type: Article

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