Electroacupuncture improves gut barrier dysfunction in prolonged hemorrhagic shock rats through vagus anti-inflammatory mechanism

Figure 5 Intestinal permeability to 4-kDa fluorescein isothiocyanate-dextran at 12 h after blood loss. Electroacupuncture (EA) at ST36 protected the intestine from an increase in permeability after hemorrhagic shock and delayed fluid replacement, whereas EA at ST36 after vagotomy or injection of α-bungarotoxin eliminated such protection. ^aP < 0.05 vs EAN group, (3-5 animals per group at 12 h after blood loss). EA: Electroacupuncture; VGX: Vagotomy; α-BGT: α-bungarotoxin