Electroacupuncture Treatment Suppresses Transcription Factor IRF8 in Spinal Cord of Rats with Spared Nerve Injury

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The schematic diagram of the experimental procedures. (a) The PWT was assessed following 2 Hz EA stimulation on days 3, 5, 7, 10, 14, and 21 postSNI surgery. Rats were given 2 Hz EA treatment with once every other day lasting for 21 days. (b) After 2 Hz EA treatment with once every other day for 21 days, the PWT of rat was measured on days 3, 7, 14, and 21 post-SNI surgery, and the samples were collected from the L4-L6 segments of rat spinal cord for immunofluorescence staining, qRT-PCR, and western blot experiments, respectively.

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