Remote Dose-Dependent Effects of Dry Needling at Distant Myofascial Trigger Spots of Rabbit Skeletal Muscles on Reduction of Substance P Levels of Proximal Muscle and Spinal Cords

BioMed Research International

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Hsieh, Yueh Ling ^a   Yang, Chen Chia ^b   Liu, Szu Yu ^a   Chou, Li Wei ^a,c   Hong, Chang Zern ^d  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHENG CHING GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d HUNGKUANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUBSTANCE P;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY NEEDLING; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; NEW ZEALAND RABBIT; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SHAM PROCEDURE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; TRIGGER POINT; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; METABOLISM; NERVE ENDING; PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ANIMALS; MALE; MOTOR ENDPLATE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RABBITS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SUBSTANCE P;

EID: 84930999696     PISSN: 23146133     EISSN: 23146141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/982121     Document Type: Article

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