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Effect of electroacupuncture and 7-NI on penicillin-induced epilepsy and their relation with intrahippocampal NO changes

Huang Zhinong, Yang Ru, Chen Gang, Cheng Jieshi

National Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology,Department of Neurobiology,Shanghai Medical University.Shanghai 200032

Abstract

The propagation of penicillin-induced seizures is facilitated by nNOS, but with some increase in the latency and threshold of induction. Electroacupuncture may inhibit seizure through decreasing nNOS transcription in hippocampus.

Key words: Epilepsy;Nitric oxide(NO);Electroaupuncture;NO sensitive electrode;7-nitroindazole(7-NI);Hippocampus

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Huang Zhinong, Yang Ru, Chen Gang, Cheng Jieshi. Effect of electroacupuncture and 7-NI on penicillin-induced epilepsy and their relation with intrahippocampal NO changes. Acta Physiol Sin 1999; 51 (5): (in Chinese with English abstract).