Downregulation of nitric oxide by electroacupuncture against hypoxicischemic brain damage in rats via nuclear factorκB/neuronal nitric oxide synthase

Molecular Medicine Reports

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 837-842

  Liu, Yichen ^a,b   Li, Weiguang ^c   Hu, Linyan ^a   Liu, Ying ^a   Li, Baoquan ^b   Sun, Changqing ^c   Zhang, Chenggang ^c   Zou, Liping ^a  

^a CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^b Department of Pediatrics 159th Hospital of Chinese People's Liberation Army   (China)

^c BEIJING INSTITUTE OF RADIATION MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Electroacupuncture; Hypoxicischemic brain damage; Nitric oxide; Nuclear factor B neuronal nitric oxide synthase; Protection

Indexed keywords

RATTUS;

CYSTATHIONINE BETA SYNTHASE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; HYDROXYLAMINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE;

ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; BRAIN CORTEX; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG EFFECTS; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ENZYMOLOGY; HYPOXIC ISCHEMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CYSTATHIONINE BETA-SYNTHASE; DOWN-REGULATION; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; HYDROXYLAMINE; HYPOXIA-ISCHEMIA, BRAIN; NF-KAPPA B; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84916200195     PISSN: 17912997     EISSN: 17913004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2014.2879     Document Type: Article

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