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Animal Studies, Human Studies


2022 Feb 09


Eur J Pain

Electroacupuncture relieves neuropathic pain by inhibiting degradation of the ecto-nucleotidase PAP in the dorsal root ganglions of CCI mice.

Authors

Zhou X, Dai W, Qin YI, Qi S, Zhang Y, Tian W, Gu X, Zheng B, Xiao J, Yu W, Chen X, Su D
Eur J Pain. 2022 Feb 09.
PMID: 35138669.

Abstract

Although electroacupuncture is widely used in chronic pain management, it is quite controversial due to its unclear mechanism. We hypothesised that EA alleviates pain by inhibiting degradation of the ecto-nucleotidase prostatic acid phosphatase (PAP) and facilitating ATP dephosphorylation in dorsal root ganglions (DRGs).