title: Distribution and permeability of capillaries at the skin of the conception vessel and the governor vessel in healthy rabbits.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the distribution and permeability of blood vessels on the Conception Vessel and the Governor Vessel in the physiological state.
  
  
  METHODS
  Evans blue (EB) solution was injected into the marginal ear vein of healthy rabbits. Three hours after injection, the rabbits were sacrificed and the skin on the Conception Vessel and the Governor Vessel and the corresponding bilateral non-channels was collected. EB was extracted with 7:3 acetone: physiological saline, and the absorbance of EB at each skin tissue was measured with a spectrophotometer.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The A value of EB absorbance at the Conception Vessel on the abdominal skin was lower than that of the corresponding bilateral non-channels with a statistically significant difference (P< 0.01). The A value of EB absorbance at the Governor Vessel on the back was higher than that of the corresponding bilateral non-channels (P < 0.05). There was no statistical difference in the A value of EB absorbance between the bilateral non-channels of the abdomen and the back (P > 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There were differences in capillary distribution and permeability between the Conception Vessel, the Governor Vessel and the corresponding bilateral non-meridians.
authors.affiliation: Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 300193, China 2.
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Yong-Ming
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Sai
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001808:Blood Vessels / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D002196:Capillaries; D002199:Capillary Permeability; D005070:Evans Blue / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011817:Rabbits; D012867:Skin / Q000098:blood supply*
chemical_list: D005070:Evans Blue