Manual Acupuncture at ST37 Modulates TRPV1 in Rats with Acute Visceral Hyperalgesia via Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase/Akt Pathway

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Acupuncture treatment and experimental procedure. (a) Location of the LI11 acupoint (LI11, or Quchi; black arrow, upper image) and the ST37 acupoint (ST37, or Shangjuxu; black arrow, lower image). (b) Experimental schedule. Rats in the LI11 and ST37 groups received manual acupuncture for 15 minutes; normal control rats were restrained manually for the same duration. Rats in ST37+IGF-1 group were intraperitoneally injected IGF-1 30 min before manual acupuncture.

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