Electroacupuncture induces c-Fos expression in the rostral ventrolateral medulla and periaqueductal gray in cats: Relation to opioid containing neurons

Brain Research

Volumn 1030, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 103-115

  Guo, Zhi Ling ^a   Moazzami, Ali R ^a   Longhurst, John C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Endorphin; Acupuncture; c Fos; Enkephalin; Periaqueductal gray; Rostral ventrolateral medulla

Indexed keywords

BETA ENDORPHIN; COLCHICINE; ENKEPHALIN; OPIATE; PROTEIN C FOS;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; CARDIOVASCULAR REFLEX; CAT; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENERVATION; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; VAGOTOMY;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BETA-ENDORPHIN; BLOOD PRESSURE; CATS; DENDRITES; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ENKEPHALINS; HEART RATE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEURONS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS;

EID: 9444294065     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2004.09.059     Document Type: Article

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