Effect of acupuncture on adrenocortical hormone production in rabbits with a central lesion.
A study was made of adrenocortical hormone production under electroacupuncture stimulation of the Tsu-San-Li locus in rabbits with a lesion in the fornix, stria terminalis, ventromedial nucleus or arcuate nucleus. In rabbits with a lesion in the stria terminalis or ventromedial nucleus, electroacupuncture stimulation of Tsu-San-Li resulted in no increase in phase 1 but an increase in phase 2 of adrenocortical hormone production. In rabbits with a lesion in the fornix or arcuate nucleus electroacupuncture stimulation of Tsu-San-Li was followed by increased adrenocortical hormone production in the both phases. These results show that the stria terminalis and the ventromedial nucleus play a major role in the augmentation of adrenocortical hormone production by electroacupuncture stimulation of Tsu-San-Li.
D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D000818:Animals; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000378:metabolism*; D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes; D003345:Corticosterone / Q000096:biosynthesis; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000096:biosynthesis; D007031:Hypothalamus / Q000502:physiology; D011817:Rabbits
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones; D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes; D003345:Corticosterone; D006854:Hydrocortisone