Acupuncture at Gastric Back-Shu and Front-Mu Acupoints Enhances Gastric Motility via the Inhibition of the Glutamatergic System in the Hippocampus

Figure 4

EA suppresses the expression of NR1, nNOS, and sGC in the hippocampus of FD rats. (a, b) Immunohistochemistry. (a) Representative photomicrographs of NR1 in the hippocampus of each group, scale bar, 200 μm. (b) Quantification of NR1 expression, n = 6. Compared with the control group, . Compared with the FD group, . Compared with the BL21 group, . (c–f) Western blot analysis. (c) Representative bands for NR1, nNOS, and sGC (top); the representative band for β-actin as the internal control (bottom). (d–f) Quantification of NR1, nNOS, and sGC expression in the hippocampus, n = 3. Compared with the control group, , . Compared with the FD group, , . Compared with the RN12 group, .

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