NMDA Receptors of Gastric-Projecting Neurons in the Dorsal Motor Nucleus of the Vagus Mediate the Regulation of Gastric Emptying by EA at Weishu (BL21)

Figure 5

Effect of EA at BL21 on mEPSCs in labeled and unlabeled DMV neurons. (a) Representative traces of mEPSCs of labeled neurons in control and EA groups. (b) Representative AMPAR and NMDAR components of mEPSC (average over 100 events) in labeled neurons. From left to right: mEPSC containing AMPAR and NMDAR components, isolated AMPAR component, isolated NMDAR component. (c) With regard to labeled neurons in EA group, NMDAR component was increased significantly, but AMPAR component did not change significantly (**𝑃<0.01, unpaired 𝑡 test, 𝑛=12 neurons for each group). (d) Representative traces of mEPSCs of unlabeled neurons in control and EA groups. (e) AMPAR and NMDAR components of mEPSC (average over 100 events) in unlabeled neurons. From left to right: mEPSC containing AMPAR and NMDAR components, isolated AMPAR component, isolated NMDAR component. (f) With Regard to unlabeled neurons in both control and EA groups, neither NMDAR nor AMPAR component changed significantly (𝑛=8 neurons for each group).