Research Paper Volume 16, Issue 8 pp 6731—6744

Electroacupuncture alleviates the symptom of depression in mice by regulating the cGAS-STING-NLRP3 signaling

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Figure 1. The depression symptoms in mice were significantly alleviated by EA and knockdown of cGAS. (A) Swimming time in the forced swimming test; (B) The immobility time in the forced swimming test; (C) The activity time in the open field test; (D) The sucrose consumption ratio in the sucrose preference test (*p<0.05 vs control, #p<0.05 vs CUMS).