Research Article

Electroacupuncture Relieves Visceral Hypersensitivity by Inactivating Protease-Activated Receptor 2 in a Rat Model of Postinfectious Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Figure 1

Experimental procedure. Intervention timeline for the control (C) group, model (M) group, M + electroacupuncture (EA) group, M + PAR2-agonist peptide (AP) group, and M + AP + EA group. The M group was administered with TNBS; the M + EA group was administered with both TNBS and EA; the M + AP group was administered with both TNBS and PAR2-AP; the M+AP+EA group was administered with TNBS, PAR2-AP, and EA.