Mieko Kurosawa

TL;DR: Focal electrical stimulation of the unilateral NBM increases ACh release in the ipsilateral cerebral cortex in stimulus intensity and frequency dependently and releases ACh from cortical terminals of cholinergic fibers originating in the NBM.

TL;DR: An increase in hindpaw withdrawal latencies (HWLs) is demonstrated, in response to thermal and mechanical stimuli, which was present after six treatments of massage‐like stroking every other day and which continued to increase through the remaining seven treatments, indicating activation of oxytocin on endogenous pain controlling systems.

TL;DR: Changes in the meningeal blood flow following electrical stimulation of the dura mater at a parasagittal site were registered and the effects of human calcitonin gene‐related peptide and the CGRP antagonist on the MBF were tested.

TL;DR: The effects of stimulation of the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN) by L-glutamate by microinjection of excitatory amino acid into the unilateral PVN resulted in an increase in the ipsilateral adrenal nerve activity, while it resulted in decreases in renal nerve activity and arterial blood pressure.

TL;DR: Investigation of changes in ovarian blood flow in response to electro-acupuncture stimulation at different frequencies and intensities in anaesthetized rats showed that low-frequency EA stimulation increases OBF as a reflex response via the ovarian sympathetic nerves, whereas high-frequencyEA stimulation decreases OBf as a passive response following systemic circulatory changes.