Tail Nerve Electrical Stimulation and Electro-Acupuncture Can Protect Spinal Motor Neurons and Alleviate Muscle Atrophy after Spinal Cord Transection in Rats

• Main Authors: Zhang, Y.-T, Jin, H, Wang, J.-H, Wen, L.-Y, Yang, Y, Ruan, J.-W, Zhang, S.-X, Ling, E.-A, Ding, Y, Zeng, Y.-S
• Other Authors: ANATOMY
• Format: Article
• Published: Hindawi 2020
• Subjects: beta tubulin; choline acetyltransferase; neurotrophin 3; adult; animal experiment; animal model; Article; cell nucleus; controlled study; cytoplasm; electroacupuncture; electrode; electrostimulation; female; hindlimb muscle; immunofluorescence; muscle atrophy; neuroprotection; nonhuman; oligodendroglia; protein expression; rat; spinal cord motoneuron; spinal cord transsection; spinal cord ventral horn; animal; anterior horn cell; innervation; metabolism; motoneuron; pathology; pathophysiology; physiology; skeletal muscle; spinal cord; spinal cord injury; Sprague Dawley rat; tail; Animals; Anterior Horn Cells; Electric Stimulation; Electroacupuncture; Female; Motor Neurons; Muscle, Skeletal; Muscular Atrophy; Neurotrophin 3; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Spinal Cord; Spinal Cord Injuries; Tail
• Online Access: https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/183563
• Institution: National University of Singapore

10.1155/2017/7351238