Acupuncture Attenuates Anxiety-Like Behavior by Normalizing Amygdaloid Catecholamines during Ethanol Withdrawal in Rats

Table 1

Normalization of the levels of NE, MHPG, DA and DOPAC in CEA during ethanol withdrawal by acupuncture.

Groups	NE	MHPG	DA	DOPAC
S (8)	237.33 ± 18.72**	98.13 ± 10.08**	798.29 ± 67.32**	223.77 ± 19.54**
ETH (8)	735.67 ± 81.83	300.24 ± 34.23	430.18 ± 56.77	109.65 ± 22.29
HT7 + ETH (8)	329.17 ± 30.11**	137.09 ± 12.87**	690.34 ± 102.23*	198.18 ± 25.47*
PC6 + ETH (8)	688.12 ± 100.32	277.12 ± 23.31	399.37 ± 34.65	134.21 ± 23.33
F (3, 28); P-value	13.99; <0.01	20.37; <0.01	7.89; <0.01	5.51; <0.01

Data are presented as mean ± SEM protein (ng g⁻¹) in the CEA from rats sacrificed 72 h after the last dose of ethanol or saline. The numbers in parentheses indicate the number of rats in each group. *P < .05, **P < .01, compared with ETH group (ANOVA, followed by the post hoc Newman-Keuls multiple comparison test).
NE, norepinephrine; MHPG, 3-methoxy-4-hydroxy-phenylglycol; DA, dopamine; S, saline; ETH, ethanol; HT, acupuncture at acupoint HT7; PC6, acupuncture at acupoint PC6.