Effects of acupuncture and electroacupuncture on estradiol-induced inflammation and oxidative stress in health rodents

Acta Cirurgica Brasileira

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 582-588

  Santos, Elba Lucia Wanderley ^a   Dias, Bruno Hállan Meneses ^a   de Andrade, Ana Carolina Rodrigues ^a   Pascoal, Angélica Maria Holanda ^a   Filho, Francisco Eugênio de Vasconcelos ^a   Medeiros, Francisco das Chagas ^a   Guimarães, Sergio Botelho ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Electroacupuncture; Lipid peroxidation; Oxidative stress; Rats

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; GLUTATHIONE; MALONALDEHYDE; MYELOPEROXIDASE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ACUPUNCTURE; ACUPUNCTURE NEEDLE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; LAPAROTOMY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; OVARY INFLAMMATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ANIMALS; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALONDIALDEHYDE; OOPHORITIS; OVARY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PEROXIDASE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84881064776     PISSN: 01028650     EISSN: 16782674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-86502013000800005     Document Type: Article

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