Acupuncture at the "Huatuojiaji" point affects nerve root regional interleukin-1 level in a rat model of lumbar nerve root compression

Neural Regeneration Research

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 881-884

  Wu, Yaochi ^a   Zhang, Junfeng ^a   Wang, Chongmiao ^a   Xie, Yanyan ^a   Zhou, Jinghui ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY AFFILIATED SIXTH PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

"Huatuojiaji" point; Acupuncture; Animal; Interleukin 1; Lumbar nerve root compression; Models

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; MELOXICAM; MESSENGER RNA; STREPTAVIDIN;

ACUPUNCTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUATUOJIAJI ACUPUNTURE POINT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUMBAR SPINE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NONHUMAN; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPINAL ROOT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

EID: 69749091561     PISSN: 16735374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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