Acute electroacupuncture inhibits nitric oxide synthase expression in the spinal cord of neuropathic rats

Neurological Research

Volumn 32, Issue SUPPL.1, 2010, Pages

  Cha, Myeoung Hoon ^a   Bai, Sun Joon ^a   Lee, Kyung Hee ^a   Cho, Zang Hee ^b   Kim, Young Bo ^b   Lee, Hye Jung ^c   Lee, Bae Hwan ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Gachon University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Electroacupuncture; Neuropathic pain; Nitric oxide; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PENTOBARBITAL;

ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIGATION; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NERVE CELL; NERVE INJURY; NEUROPATHY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SPINAL CORD; SURAL NERVE; TIBIA;

ANIMALS; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD; SURAL NERVE; TIBIAL NERVE; TIBIAL NEUROPATHY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77949459475     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/016164109X     Document Type: Article

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