Original Article

Electroacupuncture Zusanli (ST36) on Release of Nitric Oxide in the Gracile Nucleus and Improvement of Sensory Neuropathies in Zucker Diabetic Fatty Rats

Figure 1

A schematic model of signal transduction of somatosensory information and acupuncture signals in the dorsal funiculus tract brain circuit. Acupuncture stimulation of hindlimb acupoint, ST36, induces NO release in the GN, which causes NO-mediated inhibition of mechanical, cold and thermal stimuli through afferents-dorsal medulla-thalamic pathways.
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