Electroacupuncture improves burn-induced impairment in gastric motility mediated via the vagal mechanism in rats

Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Song, J ^a,b   Yin, J ^a   Sallam, H S ^a   Bai, T ^b   Chen, Y ^b   Chen, J D Z ^a,c  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c Ningbo Pace Translational Medical Research Center   (China)

Author keywords

Electroacupuncture; Gastric emptying; Gastric slow wave; Heart rate variability; Interleukin 6

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BURN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STOMACH EMPTYING; STOMACH MOTILITY; VAGOTOMY; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; GASTRIC EMPTYING; GASTRIC SLOW WAVE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ANIMALS; BURNS; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; GASTRIC EMPTYING; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GASTROPARESIS; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VAGOTOMY; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 84884706908     PISSN: 13501925     EISSN: 13652982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nmo.12183     Document Type: Article

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