Effects of electroacupuncture on expression of c-fos protein in the spinal dorsal horn of rats with chronic visceral hyperalgesia

Journal of Chinese Integrative Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1490-1496

  Qi, De Bo ^a   Li, Wei Min ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acupuncture therapy; Hyperalgesia; Irritable bowel syndrome; Proto oncogene proteins c fos; Rats

Indexed keywords

ONCOPROTEIN; PROTEIN C FOS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COLON DILATATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEMALE; HYPERALGESIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IRRITABLE COLON; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MALE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; WITHDRAWAL REFLEX;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; HYPERALGESIA; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; MALE; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 84872050304     PISSN: 16721977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3736/jcim20121224     Document Type: Article

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