Research Article
Electroacupuncture Alleviates Pain-Related Emotion by Upregulating the Expression of NPS and Its Receptor NPSR in the Anterior Cingulate Cortex and Hypothalamus
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Relative expression of (a) NPS mRNA and (b) NPSR mRNA in the ipsilateral ACC after EA stimulation in each group; (c) NPS mRNA and (d) NPSR mRNA in the ipsilateral hypothalamus after EA stimulation in each group; and (e) NPS mRNA and (f) NPSR mRNA in the ipsilateral CeA after EA stimulation in each group. Five rats in each group. , C-CPA and sham EA vs. control; and , EA vs. C-CPA; , EA vs. sham EA.
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