The Journal of Pain
Volume 5, Issue 6 , Pages 297-303 , August 2004

Acupoint stimulation with diluted bee venom (apipuncture) alleviates thermal hyperalgesia in a rodent neuropathic pain model: Involvement of spinal alpha2-adrenoceptors

  • Dae-Hyun Roh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Veterinary Physiology, College of Veterinary Medicine and School of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
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  • Young-Bae Kwon

      Affiliations

    • Department of Veterinary Physiology, College of Veterinary Medicine and School of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
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  • Hyun-Woo Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Veterinary Physiology, College of Veterinary Medicine and School of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
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  • Tae-Won Ham

      Affiliations

    • Department of Veterinary Physiology, College of Veterinary Medicine and School of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
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  • Seo-Yeon Yoon

      Affiliations

    • Department of Veterinary Physiology, College of Veterinary Medicine and School of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
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  • Seuk-Yun Kang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Veterinary Physiology, College of Veterinary Medicine and School of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
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  • Ho-Jae Han

      Affiliations

    • Hormone Research Center and College of Veterinary Medicine, Chonnam National University, Kwangju, South Korea
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  • Hye-Jung Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, College of Oriental Medicine, Kyung-Hee University, Seoul, South Korea
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  • Alvin J. Beitz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, St Paul, Minnesota, USA
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  • Jang-Hern Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Veterinary Physiology, College of Veterinary Medicine and School of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Jang-Hern Lee, DVM, PhD, Department of Veterinary Physiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, South Korea

Received 27 February 2004 ,Revised 4 May 2004 ,Accepted 4 May 2004.

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☆ Supported by a grant (M103KV010009 03K2201 00940) from the Brain Research Center of the 21st Century Frontier Research Program funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology of the Republic of Korea. The publication of this manuscript was also supported by a Research Fund from the Research Institute for Veterinary Science (RIVS) in the College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, as well as funds from the Brain Korea 21 project.

PII: S1526-5900(04)00811-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2004.05.003

The Journal of Pain
Volume 5, Issue 6 , Pages 297-303 , August 2004

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