Somatosensory Nerve Fibers Mediated Generation of De-qi in Manual Acupuncture and Local Moxibustion-Like Stimuli-Modulated Gastric Motility in Rats

Figure 3

Gastric motility in response to MAS at ST36 with different intensities in rats. (a) Examples of the alterations of gastric contraction wave induced by different intensities of MAS at ST36. (b, c, and d) Changes of the amplitude, integral, and frequency of gastric motility induced by MAS at ST36 in 60 s, respectively (𝑛=9; ^∗𝑃<0.05, ^∗∗𝑃<0.01, and ^∗∗∗𝑃<0.001, versus background activities; ^#𝑃<0.05, as compared with the facilitatory effects of slight MAS at ST36).

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