Open Access<p>GABAergic Inhibition of Spinal Cord Dorsal Horns Contributes to Analgesic Effect of Electroacupuncture in Incisional Neck Pain Rats</p>
Author(s) -
Junying Wang,
Wan-Zhu Bai,
Yonghui Gao,
Jianliang Zhang,
Cheng-Lin Duanmu,
Junling Liu
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of pain research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.888
H-Index - 49
ISSN - 1178-7090
DOI - 10.2147/jpr.s242330
Subject(s) - medicine , electroacupuncture , gabaergic , analgesic , zusanli , spinal cord , acupuncture , anesthesia , stimulation , nociception , endocrinology , pathology , receptor , alternative medicine , psychiatry
Acupuncture has shown to be effective in relieving post-surgical pain. Nonetheless, its underlying mechanisms remain largely unknown. In the present study, we investigated the effect of electroacupuncture (EA) on the expression of GABA, GABA-A receptor (R) and GABA-BR in the spinal cord dorsal horns (DHs), and the involved neural cells in rats with incisional neck pain.