Effect of warm acupuncture on nitric oxide synthase and calcitonin gene-related peptide in a rat model of lumbar nerve root compression

Neural Regeneration Research

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 449-454

  Wu, Yaochi ^a   Mi, Yiqun ^a   Zhang, Peng ^a   Zhang, Junfeng ^a   Chen, Wei ^a  

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

Author keywords

Calcitonin gene related peptide; Nerve root compression model; Nitric oxide synthase; Ultrastructure; Warm acupuncture

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; MELOXICAM; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ACUPUNCTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; INFLAMMATION; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; NONHUMAN; RAT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77949371002     PISSN: 16735374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-5374.2009.06.008     Document Type: Article

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