Electroacupuncture at ST36 ameliorates gastric dysmotility in rats with diabetic gastroparesis via the nucleus tractus solitarius-vagal axis

Figure 2 Electroacupuncture improves the dysfunction of gastric smooth muscle in diabetic gastroparesis rats. A: Representative images of hematoxylin-eosin in the stomach. Scale bar: 100 μm; B-E: Western blotting analysis and quantification of neuronal nitric oxide synthase, cluster of differentiation 117 (C-kit) and stem cell factor protein levels in stomach tissue (n = 5); F: Representative immunofluorescence images of C-kit. Scale bar: 50 μm. Data are expressed as the mean ± SD. ^aP < 0.05. DGP: Diabetic gastroparesis; EA: Electroacupuncture; nNOS: Neuronal nitric oxide synthase; C-kit: Cluster of differentiation 117; SCF: Stem cell factor; DAPI: 4’,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole.