Electroacupuncture enhances preproenkephalin mRNA expression in rostral ventrolateral medulla of rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 477, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 61-65

  Li, Min ^a   Tjen A Looi, Stephanie C ^a   Longhurst, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Electroacupuncture; Enkephalin; Opioids; Rostral ventrolateral medulla

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PREPROENKEPHALIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYMPATHETIC FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ENKEPHALINS; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 77953288600     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2010.04.025     Document Type: Article

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