Shanghai Innovation Center of Traditional Chinese Medicine Health Service 1 article published in JoVE Medicine Acupuncture in a Rat Model of Asthma Dong-Dong Zhou1, Guang-Quan Zhang1, Qing-Yi Zhao1, Mi Cheng1, Jin Lu1, Yu Wang1, Yu-Dong Xu1, Yan-Jiao Chen1, Yong-Qing Yang1, Lei-Miao Yin1,2 1Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Shanghai Research Institute of Acupuncture and Meridian, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 2Shanghai Innovation Center of Traditional Chinese Medicine Health Service A high platform can fix rats without restriction and completely expose the acupoints on the back during acupuncture manipulation. This article describes methods for the fabrication of the high platform, establishes a rat model of asthma and measures changes in respiratory function using a noninvasive and real-time whole-body plethysmography (WBP) system.
