The Expression Patterns of c-Fos and c-Jun Induced by Different Frequencies of Electroacupuncture in the Brain
Table 1
C-Fos and c-Jun immunoactivities induced by different frequencies in the brain (mean ± SD, ).
Nuclei and areas
c-Fos/c-Jun
Blank control
0 Hz/sham control
2 Hz
60 Hz
100 Hz
ACB
c-Fos
13.30 ± 1.49
13.91 ± 2.36
17.04 ± 1.28
31.96 ± 4.91
14.81 ± 2.49
c-Jun
14.62 ± 2.22
15.26 ± 1.99
29.21 ± 5.08
39.90 ± 7.45
43.37 ± 2.21
ASL
c-Fos
21.64 ± 2.65
20.15 ± 2.67
25.55 ± 3.45
48.88 ± 5.32
19.56 ± 1.41
c-Jun
33.32 ± 3.61
33.41 ± 3.67
41.35 ± 8.51
83.86 ± 4.10
83.81 ± 3.83
CAU
c-Fos
15.71 ± 2.21
13.06 ± 1.48
14.40 ± 2.49
49.09 ± 5.62
19.56 ± 3.01
c-Jun
10.06 ± 1.60
9.73 ± 1.33
9.56 ± 2.05
25.36 ± 2.27
25.39 ± 2.46
SON
c-Fos
27.43 ± 4.54
21.90 ± 4.82
23.36 ± 3.01
71.01 ± 11.30
31.81 ± 2.99
c-Jun
28.81 ± 3.75
28.57 ± 2.70
37.00 ± 9.42
96.79 ± 5.36
44.36 ± 5.87
PVH
c-Fos
23.29 ± 7.79
22.21 ± 3.24
49.45 ± 7.31
67.49 ± 10.03
30.63 ± 11.70
c-Jun
25.88 ± 2.79
26.87 ± 3.04
52.09 ± 4.62
67.44 ± 4.61
39.97 ± 4.13
VMH
c-Fos
29.32 ± 2.36
29.16 ± 3.11
48.43 ± 4.85
61.15 ± 2.49
35.12 ± 5.28
c-Jun
21.91 ± 3.99
20.22 ± 3.21
48.08 ± 7.88
69.22 ± 11.22
48.24 ± 7.13
ARC
c-Fos
29.88 ± 3.22
30.41 ± 3.50
61.22 ± 2.98
125.01 ± 21.55
43.71 ± 3.66
c-Jun
24.08 ± 2.72
24.32 ± 2.30
50.39 ± 7.29
90.91 ± 13.14
60.96 ± 10.14
AB
c-Fos
18.08 ± 5.14
17.31 ± 4.47
72.34 ± 7.81
70.51 ± 6.40
27.76 ± 9.53
c-Jun
13.06 ± 2.07
14.31 ± 1.74
55.38 ± 5.93
38.36 ± 5.01
21.63 ± 9.09
HL
c-Fos
11.81 ± 0.83
11.88 ± 1.16
29.59 ± 4.88
78.66 ± 5.08
50.88 ± 2.37
c-Jun
40.30 ± 4.15
40.94 ± 4.63
46.89 ± 3.92
50.99 ± 11.76
43.35 ± 5.79
PAG
c-Fos
20.73 ± 2.87
20.29 ± 2.89
47.13 ± 6.98
79.43 ± 10.80
44.89 ± 9.14
c-Jun
26.45 ± 2.68
27.49 ± 2.59
44.58 ± 4.02
70.58 ± 9.01
36.76 ± 4.50
SNC
c-Fos
25.77 ± 4.13
24.75 ± 3.87
33.51 ± 9.79
83.25 ± 14.48
49.97 ± 10.01
c-Jun
34.10 ± 3.88
32.15 ± 2.88
39.91 ± 6.93
51.85 ± 7.31
38.96 ± 7.84
PBN
c-Fos
31.60 ± 4.22
30.14 ± 4.79
63.75 ± 12.03
77.43 ± 9.18
56.59 ± 4.11
c-Jun
29.38 ± 3.56
27.31 ± 4.67
40.75 ± 11.78
75.13 ± 10.78
56.95 ± 5.23
LC
c-Fos
25.36 ± 3.62
25.95 ± 2.96
63.60 ± 10.51
103.49 ± 5.93
53.81 ± 5.32
c-Jun
31.23 ± 2.95
30.80 ± 3.41
61.75 ± 6.62
67.67 ± 10.10
68.63 ± 6.15
NRM
c-Fos
7.79 ± 1.73
7.18 ± 1.66
16.03 ± 2.71
25.39 ± 3.64
18.62 ± 3.51
c-Jun
26.19 ± 2.26
26.64 ± 3.20
31.37 ± 3.71
45.74 ± 6.82
33.62 ± 7.72
NTS
c-Fos
27.76 ± 3.08
22.63 ± 4.15
34.94 ± 2.49
51.27 ± 4.53
38.90 ± 3.96
c-Jun
30.45 ± 3.56
29.29 ± 2.59
56.40 ± 5.30
75.18 ± 4.61
60.04 ± 5.09
GI
c-Fos
15.70 ± 2.71
16.03 ± 2.30
36.65 ± 4.66
56.81 ± 9.74
45.42 ± 6.28
c-Jun
26.76 ± 2.37
26.67 ± 3.73
34.10 ± 9.60
52.54 ± 5.26
42.49 ± 3.43
The blank control refers to the group in which the goats were restrained in the same way as the EA-treated goats but without needling and electric stimulation. Values with different letters within the same row differ significantly ().
