The Journal of Korean Physical Therapy
- Volume 11 Issue 3
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- Pages.81-87
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- 1999
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- 1229-0475(pISSN)
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- 2287-156X(eISSN)
Effects of Electrical Stimulation on the Mast Cell of Skin in Rats
전기자극이 흰쥐의 피부 비만세포에 미치는 영향
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Lee Jae-Hyoung
(Department of Physical Therapy, Wonkwang Health Science College) ;
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Jekal Seung-Joo
(Department of Clinical Pathology, Wonkwang Health Science College) ;
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Park Seung-Teack
(Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, Wonkwang University)
- Published : 1999.12.01
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of electrical stimulation on the number of MCs and percent of degranulated MCs in rat skin. Twelve male Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into two group; electrical stimulation group (n=6) and control group (n=6). Each animals hair on the back was removed. The electrical stimulation group received an positive rectangular pulsed electrical stimulation, while the control group was given the same treatment without electricity. The biopsy specimens were fixed in formalin, embedded in paraffin and stained with toluidine blue-nuclear fast red and alcian blue-safranin O. respectively. The MCs were counted using a light microscope and computerized image analysis system and calculated as the density and the percent. A t-test showed a significantly higher density of MCs in the electrical stimulated rats than control rats(p<0.05), and the percent of degranulated MCs in the electrical stimulated rats was higher than in the control rats (p<0.05) in toluidine blue stained sections. The density of MCs was significantly higher in the electrical stimulated rats than the control rats in alcian blue-safranin O Stained sections (P<0.01). An analysis of variance showed that the densities of CTMCs was significantly lower than the densities of MMCs and mixed MCs in electrical stimulated rat in alcian blue-safranin O Stained sections (p<0.05). These results suggest that the electrical stimulation may have potential for increasing the number of MCs and lead to degranulate the MCs in rat skin.
전기자극이 흰쥐 피부의 비만세포 수 및 탈과림에 미치는 영향을 규명할 목적으로 본 실험을 시행하였다. Sprague-Dawley계 수컷 흰쥐 12마리를 6마리씩 무작위로 전기자극군과 대조군에 배치하고 전기자극군 흰쥐의 등에 양극전극을 부착한 후 맥동빈도 100pps, 맥동기간