Effect of Xiaoyao San on the brain-gut axis in rats after chronic immobilization stress

• Published in: Journal of Traditional Chinese Medical Sciences Vol. 4; no. 2; pp. 184 - 194
• Main Authors: Liu, Qun, Ma, Qingyu, Liu, Yueyun, Li, Xiaojuan, Jiang, Youming, Yan, Zhiyi, Pan, Qiuxia, Li, Na, Bai, Xiaohui, Chen, Jiaxu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.04.2017; Elsevier
• Subjects: absorption; blood serum; body weight changes; Brain-gut peptides; Chronic immobilization stress; digestive tract; enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; fluorescence; food intake; gastrins; ghrelin; hormone secretion; hypothalamus; intestinal absorption; Morphological changes; motilin; neuropeptide Y; pro-opiomelanocortin; quantitative polymerase chain reaction; stomach; Traditional Chinese medicine; Xiaoyao San; xylose; Traditional Chinese medicine; Xiaoyao San; Brain-gut peptides; Morphological changes; Chronic immobilization stress

To investigate the effect of Xiaoyao San on the brain-gut axis in rats exposed to chronic immobilization stress (CIS). Rats were divided into control, model, and treatment groups. The rats belonging to the model and treatment groups were subjected to CIS for 21 consecutive days, during which they we...