Acupuncture Relieves the Excessive Excitation of Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Cortex Axis Function and Correlates with the Regulatory Mechanism of GR, CRH, and ACTHR

Figure 2

The open field test score and sucrose consumption. (a, b, and c) showed the normalized data of the horizontal, vertical, and along-the-line movement test on the −1st day, 21st day, and 29th day. (d) showed the normalized data of sucrose consumption detected on the 0th day, 22nd day, and 30th day. Normalized data [21] = tested value on the 21st, 22nd, 29th, or 30th day/tested value on the −1st day or 0th day in same animal separately. *𝑃<0.05, **𝑃<0.01, ***𝑃<0.001 versus N group. ^#𝑃<0.05, ^##𝑃<0.01, ^###𝑃<0.001 versus M Group. ^Δ𝑃<0.05, MNEA versus MEA (𝑛=10--12).

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