The effects of electroacupuncture at the ST36 (Zusanli) acupoint on cancer pain and transient receptor potential vanilloid subfamily 1 expression in Walker 256 tumor-bearing rats.

BACKGROUND:Several studies have addressed the expression of transient receptor potential vanilloid subfamily 1(TRPV1) playing an important role in the generation of cancer pain. Electroacupuncture (EA) is an effective method of acupuncture shown to attenuate different kinds of pain such as inflammat