[The ratio of the contents of beta-endorphin, adrenaline and noradrenaline in the hypothalamus of rats with an experimental stomach ulcer and during acupuncture]

Fiziol Zh SSSR Im I M Sechenova. 1989 Jul;75(7):917-22.
[Article in Russian]

Abstract

In white rats with experimental ulcer of the stomach, a single session of acupuncture (AP) considerably increased the contents of beta-endorphine (ED) and adrenaline (A) in the hypothalamus. Repeated AP sessions aided to a progressive decrease in the ED, A and noradrenaline (NA) levels. The AP did not change essentially the dynamics of ED, A and NA by itself. The ulcer pathology against the background of AP sessions is accompanied by a change in activity of hypothalamic systems of the ED, A and NA, and by a formation of a specific neurochemical profile changing in time.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Acupuncture Points
  • Acupuncture Therapy*
  • Animals
  • Brain Chemistry / physiology
  • Epinephrine / analysis*
  • Epinephrine / metabolism
  • Hypothalamus / analysis*
  • Hypothalamus / metabolism
  • Male
  • Norepinephrine / analysis*
  • Norepinephrine / metabolism
  • Rats
  • Stomach Ulcer / metabolism*
  • Stomach Ulcer / therapy
  • Time Factors
  • beta-Endorphin / analysis*
  • beta-Endorphin / metabolism

Substances

  • beta-Endorphin
  • Norepinephrine
  • Epinephrine