Electroacupuncture-Induced Cholinergic Nerve Activation Enhances the Hypoglycemic Effect of Exogenous Insulin in a Rat Model of Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetes

Table 1

EA (15 Hz) was applied to the bilateral Zusanli acupoints on STZ rats under ICT.

Plasma levels	Groups	0 min	30 min	60 min
Insulin (ng/mL)	EA	0.44 ± 0.30	3.66 ± 3.96	5.98 ± 2.42
	non-EA	0.33 ± 0.31	6.93 ± 4.17	5.94 ± 3.70
HOMA	EA	15.4 ± 11.2	77.9 ± 73.7*	65.6 ± 35.7*
	non-EA	10.2 ± 11.4	228.7 ± 92.5	152.4 ± 76.0
FFAs (mmol/L)	EA	1.05 ± 0.38	0.48 ± 0.31	0.44 ± 0.24
	non-EA	1.04 ± 0.33	0.47 ± 0.16	0.39 ± 0.19

All values are expressed as mean ± SE; HOMA = insulin (𝜇U/mL) × glucose (mmol/L)/22.5. The value of EA group (𝑁=8) was compared with the value of non-EA (𝑁=11) group by Student’s t-test, *𝑃<.05.