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. 2022 Aug 4;2022:2695679. doi: 10.1155/2022/2695679

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Electroacupuncture of Weizhong (BL-40) acupoints significantly decreased serum proinflammatory cytokine, IL-6 levels in aged rats. (a) Quantification analysis of average serum interleukin 6 levels of all rats in the following groups. YS: young sham group (n = 8); YI: young injured group (n = 7); YI + WZ: young injured rats treated with electroacupuncture of Weizhong (BL-40) acupoint (n = 7); YI + NWZ: young injured rats treated with electroacupuncture of non-Weizhong (BL-40) acupoint (n = 7); AS: aged sham group (n = 8); AI: aged injured rats (n = 7); AI + WZ: aged injured rats treated with electroacupuncture of Weizhong (BL-40) acupoint (n = 7); AI + NWZ: aged injured rats treated with electroacupuncture of non-Weizhong (BL-40) acupoint (n = 7). The electroacupuncture may last for 10 days after the rat back muscle is injured for 5 days. All data are represented as the Mean ± SD. Student's t-test was used for all statistical analyses (^ϯϯϯP < 0.001,^##P < 0.01).