(i) The structure and function of the meridian (channel and collateral) described by ancient medical doctors may correspond to the blood circulation, nerve control and neurohumoral modulation of modern medicine. (ii) ...
Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, 851212, Biol. 85-424
In recent years, considerable progress has been made in research of the physi- ological functions of nucleus raphe magnus (NRM). It is suggested that the neu- rons in NRM play important roles in the modulation of pain...
Project supported by the Science Fund of Academia Sinica (82, No. 100).
Previous studies ia our laboratory have shown that hypothalamic arcuate nucleus (ARC),locus coeruleus (LG) and dorsal raphe nucleus (DR) play an important role in pain modulation and acupuncture analgesia, There is su...
Previous histofluorescence studies have established that the nucleus raphe magnus (NRM) of the rat which contains a great number of serotoninergic neurons is richly innervated by noradrenaline NA teminals. Furthermore...
The nucleus raphe dorsalis (NRD) is known to play an important role in acupuncture analgesia (AA). This nucleus contains GABAergic neurones, as shown by the work with immunocytochemistry, neurochemistry and radioautog...
Artificial electrical stimulation of brain stem sites, such as the periaqueductal grey matter, the dorsal raphe nucleus (serotonergic) in the midbrain, the lateral reticular nucleus (noradrenergic nuclei), gigantocell...
Previous work showed that acupuncture activated bulbar medial reticular formation (including the nucleus raphe magnus) which in turn sent descending impulses via the dorsolateral funiculi (DLF) to inhibit the visceros...
Plenty of evidence showed that brain 5-hydroxytryptaminergie (5-HT-ergic) neurones could be activated by acupuncture, which was an important factor necessary for the realization of acupuncture analgesia (AA). The cell...
Our previous studies have shown that the nucleus raphe magnus and its adjacent ventromedial reticular formation in the medulla oblongata is able to exert a descending inhibitory effect on the transmission of visceral ...
Both the content of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) and the activity of the tryptophan hydroxylase in the substantia nigra (SN) are high. Studies of autoradiography and electrophysiology indicate that some nerve fibres pro...