Abstract
The roles of electroacupuncture (EA) in regulating the function of ovulation in rat have been investigated; however, the systematic study for the involvement of neural population of central nervous system (CNS) in acupuncturing the ovariectomized rat for promoting functional recovery has not been well understood. The present research was designed to examine, by C-fos immunocytochemistry, the distribution of Fos labelled neuron in CNS after acupuncturing the point of "Zhong-Ji (RN3)", "Guan-Yuan (RN4)", "San-Ying-Jiao (SP6)" and "Zi-Gong (EXCA1)" in ovariectomized rat. The area occupied by Fos protein labelled neuron, two hours after ovariotomy, was detected in medial preoptic nucleus (MPN), lateral preoptic nucleus (LPN), suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN), paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus (PANH), medial amygdala nucleus (MAN), periventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus (PVNH), ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus (VNH), and arcuate nucleus (AR). The C-fos immunoreactive labelled neurons disappeared two weeks later following ovariotomy. The rat, recovering for two weeks after ovariotomy, received EA, and many specific Fos labelled cell were observed in LPN, PVNH, VNH, SCN and especially in AR, PANH and MPN, but not any labelled neuron could be found in MAN. No obvious C-fos expression was shown in these areas in the control group and EA group without ovariotomy. These results indicate that the above structures involved in regulating the function of hypothalamus-pituitary-ovarian axis and EA could modulate this function through effects on the above nuclei.
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