Acupuncture Stimulation Attenuates Impaired Emotional-Like Behaviors and Activation of the Noradrenergic System during Protracted Abstinence following Chronic Morphine Exposure in Rats

Figure 9

Representative photomicrographs showing CRF expression in the paraventricular nucleus (PVN) of the hypothalamus and TH expression in the locus coeruleus (LC) (a). Effect of acupuncture on the expression of CRF (b) and TH (c) at 4 weeks of protracted abstinence following repeated morphine administration. The scale bar represents 100 𝜇m. **𝑃<0.01, ***𝑃<0.001 versus SAL; ^#𝑃<0.05, ^##𝑃<0.01 versus MOR group.

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