Research Article

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

Table 2

Comparison of serum NE after treatment ().

GroupNE (pg/mL)

Control20191.17 ± 8.61
Electroacupuncture Sanyinjiao20161.54 ± 10.87
Electroacupuncture Hegu20172.25 ± 9.79
Electroacupuncture Hegu + Sanyinjiao20180.23 ± 14.52
Electroacupuncture Xuehai20180.61 ± 12.50
Meperidine20159.18 ± 17.02

19.182

Note: comparison of serum NE: 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), .