title: [Effects of stimulation and cauterization of hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus on acupuncture analgesia].
abstract: The role of hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVH) in acupuncture analgesia was investigated by local brain stimulation and cauterization. The results showed that electrical or L-glutamate sodium stimulation of PVH could enhance the effect of analgesia of Zusanli acupuncture, both in a dose dependent manner. Electrical cauterization of PVH decreased the effect of acupuncture analgesia, while removal of pituitary had no effect on the enhancing effect by L-glutamate sodium injection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurobiology, Second Military Medical College, Shanghai.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: C Y
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: H N
authors.initials: HN
authors.lastname: Zhu
mesh_terms: D015667:Acupuncture Analgesia; D000818:Animals; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D008297:Male; D008845:Microinjections; D017288:Pain Threshold / Q000187:drug effects; D010286:Paraventricular Hypothalamic Nucleus / Q000502:physiology*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012970:Sodium Glutamate / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D012970:Sodium Glutamate