Effects of electroacupuncture on the ventral tegmental area- nucleus accumbens dopamine pathway in rats with chronic sleep deprivation

• Published in: Acupuncture in medicine : journal of the British Medical Acupuncture Society Vol. 41; no. 6; pp. 336 - 344
• Main Authors: Xi, Hanqing, Wu, Wenzhong, Qin, Shan, Wang, Xiaoqiu, Liu, Chengyong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.12.2023; Sage Publications Ltd
• Subjects: Dopamine; Electroacupuncture; Insomnia; Rodents; Sleep deprivation; chronic sleep deprivation; electroacupuncture; nucleus accumbens; ventral tegmental area; dopamine

Background: Insomnia is a well-recognized clinical sleep disorder in the adult population. It has been established that acupuncture has a clinical effects in the treatment of insomnia; however, research on the underlying neural circuits involved in these effects is limited. Methods: The modified mul...