Effect of electroacupuncture on thermal pain threshold and expression of calcitonin-gene related peptide, substance P and γ-aminobutyric acid in the cervical dorsal root ganglion of rats with incisional neck pain.

CONCLUSIONS: EA at LI18/LI4-PC6 increases PT in rats with incisional neck pain, which is likely related to downregulation of pronociceptive mediators SP/CGRP and upregulation of the inhibitory transmitter GABA in the primary sensory neurons of cervical DRGs. PMID: 28600329 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28600329?dopt=Abstract

Source: Acupuncture in Medicine : journal of the British Medical Acupuncture Society - June 9, 2017 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Qiao LN, Liu JL, Tan LH, Yang HL, Zhai X, Yang YS Tags: Acupunct Med Source Type: research