Research Article
Effects of Different Electroacupuncture Scheduling Regimens on Murine Bone Tumor-Induced Hyperalgesia: Sex Differences and Role of Inflammation
Table 1
Summary of the total number of male and female animals used for each experiment.
| Assay | Treatment type | Male () | Female () |
| | Tumor | 24 | 15 | Mechanical Hyperalgesia von Frey | Saline | 11 | 7 | EA | 52 (10-11/group) | 45 (9/group) | | Sham | 30 (6/group) | 37 (7-8/group) |
| Immunohistochemistry | Tumor | 10 | 0 | EA | 10 | 0 | Sham | 10 | 0 | N/A | 10 | 0 |
| Microperfusion/ELISA | Tumor | 3 | 0 | Saline | 3 | 0 | Sal + EA | 3 | 0 | Tum + EA | 3 | 0 |
| | | 186 | 104 |
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