Figure 1.

Effect of the electroacupuncture treatment on the corneal fluorescence staining in DED induced by scopolamine hydrobromide: (a) corneal fluorescence staining score; (b) corneal fluorescence staining on day 35. Quantitative data are expressed as mean ± SEM (n = 6). The Scop group has increased corneal fluorescence staining score significantly on day 21 when compared with the Con group. After 14 days of treatment, the EA and Scop+Flu groups have decreased corneal fluorescence staining score when compared with the Scop group, indicating that the corneal epithelial damage has been improved. ^∗P < 0.05 and ^∗∗P < 0.01 vs. the Con group; ^#P < 0.05 and ^##P < 0.01 vs. the Scop group; ^&&P < 0.01 and ^&&P < 0.01 vs. the Scop+Sham group.