Effect of Electroacupuncture on Rats with Chronic Constriction Injury-Induced Neuropathic Pain

We adopt the chronic constriction injury (CCI) model to induce neuropathic pain to Spragrue-Dawley (SD) rats by ligating the right sciatic nerve of using four 4-0 chromic gut sutures and subsequently applying 2 and 15 Hz electroacupuncture (EA), respectively, to the right (ipsilateral) Zusanli (St-3...

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Main Authors: Hsin-Cheng Hsu, Nou-Ying Tang, Yi-Wen Lin, Tsai-Chung Li, Hsu-Jan Liu, Ching-Liang Hsieh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:The Scientific World Journal
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/129875