Activation of reciprocal pathways between arcuate nucleus and ventrolateral periaqueductal gray during electroacupuncture: Involvement of VGLUT3

Brain Research

Volumn 1360, Issue , 2010, Pages 77-88

  Guo, Zhi Ling ^a   Longhurst, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Arcuate nucleus; c Fos; Neural pathways; Periaqueductal gray; Vesicular glutamate transporter

Indexed keywords

MICROSPHERE; TRACER; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 3;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FLUORESCENT DYES; GENES, FOS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RHODAMINES; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

RATTUS;

EID: 77957958688     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2010.08.102     Document Type: Article

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