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. 2020 Jul 7;10:11188. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-67702-2

Figure 6.

Figure 6

Cumulative effects of repetitive EA stimulations on the mRNA expressions of PAR-2 (a), CGRP (b) and c-Fos (c) in the spinal cord of the goats (Mean ± SD, n = 6). Quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR) was performed to measure the mRNA expressions of PAR-2, CGRP and c-Fos (relative to GAPDH) in T11 thoracic spinal cord dorsal horns. (a) PAR-2 mRNA; P = 0.000, Sham-A or VH group versus Control group; P = 0.000, VH group versus Sham-A group; P = 0.000, EA group versus VH group [F (3, 20) = 675.15, P = 0.000]. (b) CGRP mRNA; P = 0.000, Sham-A or VH group versus Control group; P = 0.000, VH group versus Sham-A group; P = 0.000, EA group versus VH group [F (3, 20) = 1,437.07, P = 0.000]. (c) c-Fos mRNA; P = 0.000, Sham-A or VH group versus Control group; P = 0.000, VH group or EA group versus Sham-A group; P = 0.000, EA group versus VH group [F (3, 20) = 930.32, P = 0.000]. **P < 0.01, VH/Sham-A/EA group versus Control group. ++P < 0.01, VH/EA group versus Sham-A group. ##P < 0.01, VH group versus EA group. One-way ANOVA followed by Bonferroni’s post-hoc test.