Objective To compare the protective effects of acup un cture at the three-yang meridians of foot on gastric mucosal lesion, and expre ssion of somatostatin receptor gene (SSR 1mRNA) in rabbits with gastric ulcer to further explore the specificity of the correlation between meridians and viscera. Methods Rabbit gastric ulcer model was developed by intragastric perfusion of alcohol and they were needled by meridian stimulating apparatus. After treatment, epidermal growth factor (EGF), somatostatin (SS) and expression of SSR 1mRNA in gastric mucosa were determined by radioimmunoassay and PC-PCR, ...