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

Table 2

Atropine blocking effect in 15 Hz EA on the bilateral Zusanli acupoints under ICT.

Plasma levels	Groups	0 min	30 min	60 min
Insulin (ng/mL)	EA	0.10 ± 0.09	1.97 ± 3.04	1.85 ± 2.89
	non-EA	0.04 ± 0.04	4.85 ± 6.97	4.10 ± 6.16
HOMA	EA	2.6 ± 3.2	73.6 ± 87.8	55.2 ± 69.4
	non-EA	1.2 ± 1.2	114.1 ± 162.0	81.6 ± 123.6
FFAs (mmol/L)	EA	0.97 ± 0.21	0.57 ± 0.27	0.57 ± 0.28
	non-EA	0.94 ± 0.42	0.62 ± 0.40	0.59 ± 0.46

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 group (𝑁=8) by Student’s t-test.