Nucleus ambiguus cholinergic neurons activated by acupuncture: Relation to enkephalin

Brain Research

Volumn 1442, Issue , 2012, Pages 25-35

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Acupuncture; c Fos; Enkephalin; Nucleus ambiguus

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; COLCHICINE; ENKEPHALIN; PROTEIN C FOS;

ACUPUNCTURE; AMBIGUUS NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC FUNCTION; PREGANGLIONIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SHAM PROCEDURE; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; VAGOTOMY;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CATS; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLINERGIC NEURONS; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ENKEPHALINS; HEART RATE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEURONS; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 84863146163     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: 18726240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2012.01.006     Document Type: Article

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