Searchable abstracts of presentations at key conferences in endocrinology

ea0029p1082 | Neuroendocrinology | ICEECE2012

Comparison of Chinese herbal mixture and electro-acupuncture on regulating endocrine disturbances and hypothalamic androgen receptor in rats with DHT-induced PCOS

Xu T. , Song L. , Li X. , Ma S. , Li L. , Feng Y.

Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is one of the most common endocrine disorders affecting reproductive women. Treatments with Chinese herbal mixtures (HM) and electro-acupuncture (EA) have been proven efficient in clinic. This study evaluated the peripheral and central effects of HM and EA in dihydrotestosterone (DHT)-induced PCOS rats. The female Wistar rats were divided into control (C), control with placebo (CP), DHT-induced PCOS model (PCOS), PCOS model exposed to herbal mi...