Effects of Electroacupuncture on Pain Threshold of Laboring Rats and the Expression of Norepinephrine Transporter and α2 Adrenergic Receptor in the Central Nervous System

Figure 4

Comparison of NET and α2AR mRNA expression in the central nervous system; (a) gray matter and (b) lumbar spinal cord. The western blots shown are the representative images. With control group ,  ; with Sanyinjiao (SP 6) group, ,  ; with Hegu (LI 4) group, , ; with Hegu (LI 4) and Sanyinjiao (SP 6) group, , ; with Xuehai (SP 10) group, ,  . for each group.

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