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Effects of acupuncture at GV01 on experimentally induced colitis in rats: possible involvement of the opioid system
- Source :
- The Japanese journal of physiology. 55(3)
- Publication Year :
- 2005
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Abstract
- Oriental medicine uses acupuncture at the GV01 acupoint with great success to treat diarrhea. It significantly reduced the colonic motility and inflammation in colitic rats. Naloxone pretreatment blocked these effects. The therapeutic effects of acupuncture at GV01 in colitis may involve endogenous opioid pathways.
- Subjects :
- Male
Physiology
Colon
Injections, Subcutaneous
Narcotic Antagonists
Acupuncture Therapy
Inflammation
(+)-Naloxone
Pharmacology
Rats, Sprague-Dawley
medicine
Acupuncture
Animals
Colitis
Endogenous opioid
Peroxidase
business.industry
Naloxone
Therapeutic effect
General Medicine
Opioid system
medicine.disease
Rats
Diarrhea
Disease Models, Animal
Trinitrobenzenesulfonic Acid
Anesthesia
medicine.symptom
business
Gastrointestinal Motility
Acupuncture Points
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 0021521X
- Volume :
- 55
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The Japanese journal of physiology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....5f0cf6a354b662bae5e07db4f67eda2c