Objective: The nucleus of the solitary tract（NTS） is a primary center for both visceral afferents and somatic afferents.Previous experiments demonstrated that NTS is associated with connection of the stomach and acupoints in the Stomach Meridian of Foot-Yangming（ST Meridian）.In this study, an extracellular recording and immunochemistry method was used to analyze the neuron discharge and c-fos protein expression in the NTS following acupuncture at different acupoints and non-acupoint.Methods: A total of 104 discharging neurons were detected ...
