Research Article

S100β Levels in CSF of Nonambulatory Dogs with Intervertebral Disk Disease Treated with Electroacupuncture

Figure 1

Locations of acupuncture points: SI 3—lateral side of the fifth metacarpophalangeal joint, proximal to the head of the fifth metacarpal bone, BL20—lateral to the caudal border of the spinous process of the twelfth thoracic vertebra, BL23—lateral to the caudal border of the spinous process of the second lumbar vertebra, BL25—lateral to the caudal border of the spinous process of the fifth lumbar vertebra, ST36—on the craniolateral aspect of the pelvic limb, three-sixteenths of the distance from the junction between the patella and patellar ligament to the cranial tarsus, about one digit breadth lateral to the tibial crest (lateral portion of the cranial tibial muscle), KI3—between the malleoli and the talus, BL60—opposite from KI3, BL62—in the depression distal to the lateral malleolus of the fibula, GB30—in the depression midway between the greater trochanter of the femur and the tuber ischii, GV1—in the depression between the anus and base of the tail, GV4—on the dorsal midline, between the dorsal spinous processes of the second and third lumbar vertebrae, GV5—on the dorsal midline, between the dorsal spinous processes of the thirteenth thoracic and first lumbar vertebrae, and Lumbar Bai Hui—on the dorsal midline, in the depression at the lumbosacral junction.
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