Effect of acupuncture with varied intensity on NMDA and SP expression in spinal dorsal horn in rats with gastric distension-induced pain

World Chinese Journal of Digestology

Volumn 17, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 1339-1345

  Peng, Yan ^a   Yi, Shou Xiang ^a   Li, Zhen Hai ^a   Lin, Ya Ping ^a   Tang, Sen ^a  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Comu posterus medullae spinalis; Dorsal root ganglion; Gastric distention; N methyl d aspartate; Pain ethology scoring; Stimulus; Substance P; Visceral pain

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; SUBSTANCE P;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ACUPUNCTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; VISCERAL PAIN;

EID: 70349308664     PISSN: 10093079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11569/wcjd.v17.i13.1339     Document Type: Article

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