Effects of electro-needling at Zusanli on stress gastric ulcer in rats: Changes in nitric oxide and catecholamine

Table 1 Effects of electroneedling on contents of nitric oxide, dopamine and norepinephrine in stress gastric ulcer rats (serum: μmol/L; tissue: ng/mg; wet weight)

	Control		Stress		EN after stress		Stress after EN
	n	Content	n	Content	n	Content	n	Content
NO	7	13.30 ± 2.75	6	5.78 ± 1.49b	6	42 ± 1.31	6	7.91 ± 1.11cb
DA
Gastric antrum	9	6.78 ± 4.65	9	3.31 ± 0.67a	6	4.78 ± 0.89d	6	3.14 ± 0.80
Corporal ventriculi	9	3.70 ± 1.62	9	4.66 ± 1.71	6	3.24 ± 0.77	6	2.33 ± 0.92d
Serum	6	10.32 ± 3.25	6	6.94 ± 4.15	6	4.74 ± 2.59b	3	5.06 ± 1.95a
NE
Gastric antrum	9	6.33 ± 3.77	9	6.63 ± 1.72	6	7.11 ± 4.46c	6	3.14 ± 0.80
Corporal ventriculi	9	2.65 ± 1.51	9	3.73 ± 1.81	6	2.03 ± 1.52	6	2.05 ± 1.19
Serum	6	2.84 ± 0.88	6	2.72 ± 1.00	6	2.07 ± 1.18	3	2.60 ± 1.42

^aP < 0.05,

^bP < 0.01, vs control group;

^cP < 0.05,

^dP < 0.01, vs stress group. NO: Nitric oxide; DA: Dopamine; NE: Norepinephrine; EN: Electroneedling.