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Fig. 3

From: Blood pressure-independent increase in the cortical cerebral blood flow induced by manual acupuncture of the auricular region in rats

Fig. 3

Effect of the severance of somatic nerves that innervate the auricular region on the rCBF and MAP responses following acupuncture stimulation of the auricular region. a, b Sample recordings of the rCBF in the contralateral frontal cortex and MAP. c, d Summary of changes in the rCBF (in the contralateral frontal cortex) and MAP during the 60-s stimulation (n = 8, obtained from 4 rats). **p < 0.01; significantly different from the pre-stimulus control values using a paired t-test. Other details are presented in Fig. 2

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