Mast Cells and Nerve Signal Conduction in Acupuncture

Figure 4

Time course (2700s) of nerve discharges under different operations and different drug pretreatments. (a) Without drug injection on 9 animals (ACU group). (b) With Saline injection on 12 animals (Saline + ACU group). (c) With DSCG injection on 8 animals (DSCG + ACU group). Ordinate is the average of 10 s of all animals in one group comparing to base mean and “1” represents the mean value of nerve discharges during base stage; the vertical lines indicate the SEM. (a), (b), and (c) when comparing drug mean versus base mean, (a), (b), and (c) when comparing twisting mean versus base mean, (a), (b), and (c) when comparing retaining mean versus base mean, and (a), (b), and (c) when comparing recovery mean versus base mean in respective group ((a), (b), and (c), paired -test).

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