Suspended moxibustion relieves chronic visceral hyperalgesia and decreases hypothalamic corticotropin-releasing hormone levels

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 662-665

  Zhou, En Hua ^a   Wang, Xiao Mei ^b   Ding, Guang Hong ^a   Wu, Huan Gan ^c   Qi, Li ^a   Liu, Hui Rong ^a   Zhang, Shu Jing ^a  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Shanghai Research Center of Acupuncture and Meridians   (China)

Author keywords

Chronic visceral hypersensitivity; Corticotropin releasing hormone; Irritable bowel syndrome; Rat; Suspended moxibustion

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHRONIC VISCERAL HYPERALGESIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONE RELEASE; IRRITABLE COLON; MOXIBUSTION; NONHUMAN; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUSPENDED MOXIBUSTION; TREATMENT DURATION; VISCERAL PAIN; WITHDRAWAL REFLEX;

EID: 79955929489     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i5.662     Document Type: Article

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