Analgesic action of suspended moxibustion in rats with chronic visceral hyperalgesia correlates with enkephalins in the spinal cord

Neural Regeneration Research

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 219-222

  Yi, Tao ^a   Qi, Li ^a   Wu, Huangan ^a   Ma, Xiaopeng ^a   Liu, Huirong ^a   Wang, Xiaomei ^a  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Chronic visceral hyperalgesia; Enkephalins; Irritable bowel syndrome; Suspended moxibustion

Indexed keywords

ENKEPHALIN;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HYPERALGESIA; IRRITABLE COLON; MALE; MOXIBUSTION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; RAT; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD; THERAPY EFFECT; TISSUE LEVEL; UPREGULATION; WITHDRAWAL REFLEX;

EID: 84863059912     PISSN: 16735374     EISSN: 18767958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-5374.2012.03.011     Document Type: Article

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