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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-11-5
pubmed:abstractText
This study evaluated the effect of electro-acupuncture (EA) on the NGF, BDNF and NT-3 expression in spared L6 dorsal root ganglion (DRG) in cats subjected to bilateral removal of L1-L5 and L7-S2 DRG, using immunostaining, in situ hybridization and RT-PCR. The positive products of NGF, NT-3 protein and mRNA in the small and large neurons of spared L6 DRG in EA side increased greatly more than that of control side, while the increased BDNF was only noted in small and medium-sized neurons. RT-PCR demonstrated that the mRNA level for three factors was not influenced by EA in intact DRG, when a significant increase was seen in the spared L6 DRG of EA side. As it has been well known that DRG neurons project to the spinal cord wherein morphological plasticity has been present after DRG removal, the present results might have some bearing to the observed phenomenon.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0168-0102
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
59
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
399-405
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17875332-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:17875332-Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor, pubmed-meshheading:17875332-Cats, pubmed-meshheading:17875332-Cell Size, pubmed-meshheading:17875332-Denervation, pubmed-meshheading:17875332-Electroacupuncture, pubmed-meshheading:17875332-Functional Laterality, pubmed-meshheading:17875332-Ganglia, Spinal, pubmed-meshheading:17875332-Growth Cones, pubmed-meshheading:17875332-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:17875332-Lumbar Vertebrae, pubmed-meshheading:17875332-Male, pubmed-meshheading:17875332-Nerve Growth Factor, pubmed-meshheading:17875332-Nerve Growth Factors, pubmed-meshheading:17875332-Nerve Regeneration, pubmed-meshheading:17875332-Neuronal Plasticity, pubmed-meshheading:17875332-Neurons, Afferent, pubmed-meshheading:17875332-Neurotrophin 3, pubmed-meshheading:17875332-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:17875332-Treatment Outcome, pubmed-meshheading:17875332-Up-Regulation
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Electro-acupuncture induced NGF, BDNF and NT-3 expression in spared L6 dorsal root ganglion in cats subjected to removal of adjacent ganglia.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Neurological Disease, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article