Electro-acupuncture at ST37 and ST25 induce different effects on colonic motility via the enteric nervous system by affecting excitatory and inhibitory neurons

Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2018, Pages

  Liang, C ^a,b   Wang, K Y ^c   Gong, M R ^b   Li, Q ^b   Yu, Z ^b   Xu, B ^b  

^a HEBEI UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^c Xi'an Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

constipation; electro acupuncture; enteric neurons; gastrointestinal motility

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; DOMPERIDONE; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN GENE PRODUCT 9.5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASCENDING COLON; COLON MOTILITY; COLORECTAL PRESSURE; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION; DIGESTIVE TRACT PARAMETERS; DOWN REGULATION; DRY WEIGHT; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FECES ANALYSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT FUNCTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE INNERVATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERISTALSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PULSE PRESSURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STOOL WEIGHT; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; WET WEIGHT; ACUPUNCTURE POINT; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; COLON; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZATION;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ANIMALS; COLON; CONSTIPATION; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURAL INHIBITION; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 85042545141     PISSN: 13501925     EISSN: 13652982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nmo.13318     Document Type: Article

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