Neurons in the nucleus tractus solitarius mediate the acupuncture analgesia in visceral pain rats

Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical

Volumn 186, Issue C, 2014, Pages 91-94

  Liu, Kun ^a   Gao, Xin Yan ^a   Li, Liang ^a   Ben, Hui ^a   Qin, Qing Guang ^a,b   Zhao, Yu Xue ^a   Zhu, Bing ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHINESE MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

^b Luoyang Orthopedic Hospital of Henan Province   (China)

Author keywords

Acupuncture analgesia; Colorectal distension (CRD); Nucleus tractus solitarius (NTS)

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; COLORECTAL DISEASE; COLORECTAL DISTENSION; DIFFUSE NOXIOUS INHIBITORY CONTROL; DISEASE MODEL; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; GATE CONTROL THEORY; MALE; MICROELECTRODE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NEUROMODULATION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; THERAPY; VISCERAL PAIN;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; MALE; MICROELECTRODES; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOPATHOLOGY; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; THERAPY; VISCERAL PAIN;

EID: 84921021738     PISSN: 15660702     EISSN: 18727484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2014.08.004     Document Type: Article

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