The Effect of Electroacupuncture on PKMzeta in the ACC in Regulating Anxiety-Like Behaviors in Rats Experiencing Chronic Inflammatory Pain

Figure 2

The effect of EA on chronic inflammatory pain-induced anxiety-like behaviors in open-field test. (a–d) The trajectories of rats in the control group, model group, EA group, and sham EA group in the open-field test on day 29 after CFA injection. (e–h) The total distance traveled throughout the arena (e), distance in the central zone (f), number of entries into the central zone (g), and percentage of time in the central zone (h) of the control group, model group, EA group, and sham EA group. All data represent the mean ± SEM, . ^# and ^##, compared to the control group; , compared to the model group; ^•, compared to the sham EA group.

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