Repetitive electroacupuncture causes prolonged increased met-enkephalin expression in the rVLM of conscious rats

Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical

Volumn 170, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 30-35

  Li, Min ^a,b   Tjen A Looi, Stephanie C ^a,b   Guo, Zhi Ling ^a,b   Longhurst, John C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotelemetry; Blood pressure; Low frequency acupuncture; Opioids; Preproenkephalin

Indexed keywords

ENKEPHALIN; MESSENGER RNA; METENKEPHALIN; OPIATE; PREPROENKEPHALIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENKEPHALINERGIC NEURONS IN THE ROSTRAL VENTROLATERALMEDULLA; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; MEDIAN NERVE; NEEDLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RAT; SHAM PROCEDURE;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; CONSCIOUSNESS; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ENKEPHALIN, METHIONINE; ENKEPHALINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEART RATE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TELEMETRY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84865780589     PISSN: 15660702     EISSN: 18727484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2012.07.001     Document Type: Article

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