Electroacupuncture for pain relief in labour inhibits spinal p38 MAPK-mediated prostaglandin E2 release and uterine prostaglandin E2 receptor expression in rats.
CONCLUSIONS: This study indicates that EA relieves labour pain through, at least in part, inhibition of spinal p38 MAPK-mediated PGE2 release and uterine PGER2 expression in rats.
PMID: 30977668 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Acupuncture in Medicine : journal of the British Medical Acupuncture Society - Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Jiang GX, Jiang QY, Mo HX, Li L, Wang MY Tags: Acupunct Med Source Type: research
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