Expression levels of the hypothalamic AMPK gene determines the responsiveness of the rats to electroacupuncture-induced analgesia

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Kim, Sun K ^a   Sun, Boram ^b   Yoon, Heera ^a   Lee, Ji H ^a,c   Lee, Giseog ^a,b   Sohn, Sung Hwa ^a,d   Kim, Hyunseong ^a   Quan, Fu S ^b   Shim, Insop ^a   Ha, Joohun ^b   Min, Byung Il ^b   Bae, Hyunsu ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^d Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

5' AMP activated protein kinase; Adenovirus; Analgesia; Electroacupuncture; Hypothalamus; Nonresponder; Rats; Responder

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS VECTOR; ADENYLATE KINASE; MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; EVOKED RESPONSE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HYPOTHALAMUS; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROINJECTION; NONHUMAN; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TAIL FLICK TEST; WILD TYPE;

AMP-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; ANALGESIA; ANIMALS; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 84903319207     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-14-211     Document Type: Article

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