Fig. 2.
Acupuncture has an influence on proinflammatory cytokine levels in serum and duodenum of 6-OHDA lesioned rats. ELISA for TNF-α, IL-1β and INF-γ, measured in serum (A), duodenum (B) and SN (C) of sham and 6-OHDA lesioned rats on day 46. Means ± SEM were calculated of: Sham n = 7/model n = 7/madopa n = 6/acupuncture n = 8, ELISA for each individual rat were done in triplicates. *compared with sham P < 0,05; Δcompared with model P < 0,05. SPSS13.0. One-way ANOVA analysis was used for multi-group comparison, and Dunnett and Bonferroni were used for post-test correction.