Electroacupuncture reduces the evoked responses of the spinal dorsal horn neurons in ankle-sprained rats

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2050-2057

  Kim, Jae Hyo ^a,b   Kim, Hee Young ^a   Chung, Kyungsoon ^a   Chung, Jin Mo ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b Wonkwang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

adrenergic descending inhibition; Acute ankle sprain

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; NALTREXONE; PHENTOLAMINE;

ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANKLE PAIN; ANKLE SPRAIN; ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; EVOKED RESPONSE; FORCE; JOINT FUNCTION; LIGAMENT; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY STIMULATION; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; WEIGHT BEARING;

ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; ANIMALS; ANKLE INJURIES; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; EVOKED POTENTIALS; MALE; NEURAL INHIBITION; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPRAINS AND STRAINS;

EID: 79956259700     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00853.2010     Document Type: Article

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