Acupuncture Muscle Channel in the Subcutaneous Layer of Rat Skin
Journal: Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies (Vol.1, No. 1)Publication Date: 2008-09-30
Authors : Byung-Cheon Lee; Vyacheslav Ogay; Ki Woo Kim; Yuwon Lee; Jin-Kyu Lee; Kwang-Sup Soh;
Page : 13-19
Keywords : acupuncture muscle channel; bladder line; Bonghan duct; chrome-hematoxylin; fluorescent nanoparticle; hypodermis; skin skeletal muscle;
Abstract
Using a mixed-dye injection technique, we found a novel kind of muscle fiber with a lumen, established its precise location in the subcutaneous muscle layer along the acupuncture muscle of the bladder line, and determined its detailed ultrastructure. The channels with flowing liquid were a novel kind of muscle fibers with lumens and they were located in the subcutaneous muscle layer of rat. Their detection was realized by using chrome-hematoxylin and a mixture of fluorescent nanoparticles and commercial Pelikan ink. These acupuncture muscle channels were hidden among the neighboring skin skeletal muscle fibers and were barely distinguishable from them with light microscopes. Only with a transmission electron microscope were their characteristic features shown to be different from normal skin skeletal muscle. These features included undifferentiated muscle fibers that resembled immature myofibrils without Z-lines and reassembled telophase nuclei.
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