Auricular Acupuncture to Lower Blood Pressure Involves the Adrenal Gland in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats

Auricular Acupuncture to Lower Blood Pressure Involves the Adrenal Gland in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats

Auricular acupuncture is used to treat cardiac-related diseases such as hypertension. Therefore, the purpose of the present study was to investigate the effects of auricular acupuncture on blood pressure (BP) in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRs). The treatment group (TG) received auricular elec...

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Veröffentlicht in:Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine 2020, Vol.2020 (2020), p.1-10
Hauptverfasser: Hsieh, Ching-Liang, Wu, Hung-Ming, Lee, Der-Yen, Thi Mai Nguyen, Huong
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Acupuncture
Adrenal glands
Adrenal medulla
Age
Auricle
Bicuculline
Blood pressure
Catecholamines
Chromatography
Coronary artery disease
Epinephrine
Heart diseases
Heart rate
Hypertension
Laboratory animals
Mass spectrometry
Medulla oblongata
Nervous system
Norepinephrine
Scientific imaging
Solitary tract nucleus
Vagus nerve
γ-Aminobutyric acid
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Zusammenfassung:Auricular acupuncture is used to treat cardiac-related diseases such as hypertension. Therefore, the purpose of the present study was to investigate the effects of auricular acupuncture on blood pressure (BP) in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRs). The treatment group (TG) received auricular electroacupuncture (EA) at the auricle heart (CO15) and auricle shenmen (TEF3) points. Heart rate (HR) and BP, GABA-A expression, catecholamine, and neurotransmitter levels were measured. The HR was reduced after 7 auricular EA treatments compared with controls (all p
ISSN:1741-427X
1741-4288
DOI:10.1155/2020/3720184