Electroacupuncture Suppresses Mechanical Allodynia and Nuclear Factor Kappa B Signaling in Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Rats

CNS Neuroscience and Therapeutics

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 83-90

  Shi, Lei ^a,b   Zhang, Hong Hong ^a   Xiao, Ying ^a   Hu, Ji ^a   Xu, Guang Yin ^a  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Dorsal root ganglion; Electroacupuncture; Hydrogen sulfide; Neuropathic pain; Nuclear factor kappa B

Indexed keywords

CYSTATHIONINE BETA SYNTHASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; PYRROLIDINE DITHIOCARBAMATE; STREPTOZOCIN; SYNAPTOTAGMIN I;

ALLODYNIA; ANALGESIA; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; NONHUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL GANGLION; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEMALE; HYPERALGESIA; NF-KAPPA B; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84872684226     PISSN: 17555930     EISSN: 17555949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cns.12035     Document Type: Article

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