acupoint- and meridian-like structures on body surface of zebrafish

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Jin ZG, Jing XH, Li JW, Zhang L, Jiang J. [Preliminary observation of

acupoint-like and meridian-like structures on the body surface of the

zebrafish][Article in Chinese] Zhongguo Zhen Jiu. 2007 Feb;27(2):117-9.

Institute of Acupuncture & Moxibustion, China Academy of Chinese Medical

Sciences, Beijing 100700, China. OBJECTIVE: To probe whether there are

acupoint-like and meridian-like structures on the body surface of the

zebrafish. METHODS: Adult zebrafish were put into a 10 micromol/L DiA

water solution and then anaesthetized for observation under a fluorescent

microscope. RESULTS: The labeled substance appeared in round bright

spots and some of them gather together to form a cluster which distributed

through the body surface orderly. The labeled clusters along the long axis of

the body distributed in four lines, dorsal line, dorsal lateral line, lateral

line

and ventral line. The lateral line could be divided into two lines, lateral

superior line and lateral inferior line; and the ventral line into ventral

lateral

line and ventral line based on their nerve connection under high power

microscope. CONCLUSION: Sensory organs of the zebrafish distributed

orderly and formed clusters appearing orderly in lines throughout the body

surface, which are much like acupoints and meridians described in

traditional Chinese medicine.

 

PMID: 17370495 [PubMed - in process]

 

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