EFFECTS OF ACUPUNCTURE ON THE CONTENTS OF ENKEPHALINS IN DIFFERENT BRAIN REGIONS AND CORTICOSTERONE IN PLASMA OF RATS WITH ENDOTOXIN SHOCK  

作　　者：Ma Chunhong. Tan Lianhong, Zhang Jing. Zhao XiangjieInstitute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, China Academy of TCM, Beijing 100700, China 

出　　处：《World Journal of Acupuncture-Moxibustion》1994年第1期48-52,共5页世界针灸杂志（英文版）

基　　金：This work was supported by the National fund of Natural Science.

摘　　要：In this experiment,we have observed the effects of acupuncture on the contents ofenkephalins in different brain regions and corticosterone in plasma of rats with endotoxin shock.Theresults showed that after acupuncture the endogenous enkephalins were significantly decreased(P【0.05)in the midbrain and brain stem of endotoxin shock rats,suggesting the anti-shock of acupuncture might be related to the enkephalins in the midbrain and brain stem.In addition,there was a rising trend in plasma corticosterone of the rats with toxic shock.In this experiment, we have observed the effects of acupuncture on the contents of enkephalins in different brain regions and corticosterone in plasma of rats with endotoxin shock. The results showed that after acupuncture the endogenous enkephalins were significantly decreased (P< 0. 05) in the midbrain and brain stem of endotoxin shock rats, suggesting the anti-shock of acupuncture might be related to the enkephalins in the midbrain and brain stem. In addition, there was a rising trend in plasma corticosterone of the rats with toxic shock.

关 键 词：Endotoxin shock ANTI-SHOCK of acup. L-enkephalin M-enkephalin Corti-costerone 

分 类 号：R245.3[医药卫生—针灸推拿学]