TRPV1 expression in acupuncture points: Response to electroacupuncture stimulation

Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 129-136

  Abraham, Therese S ^a   Chen, Ming Liang ^a   Ma, Sheng Xing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Immunohistochemistry; Nitric oxide synthase; Rats; Skin; Vanilloid receptor subtype 1

Indexed keywords

NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; TOLAZOLINE; VANILLOID RECEPTOR 1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTA NERVE FIBER; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER C; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SKIN NERVE; UPREGULATION;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ANIMALS; DERMIS; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TRPV CATION CHANNELS;

EID: 79952897745     PISSN: 08910618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2011.01.001     Document Type: Article

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