Long-term acupuncture treatment has a multi-targeting regulation on multiple brain regions in rats with Alzheimer's disease: a positron emission tomography study

Long-term acupuncture treatment has a multi-targeting regulation on multiple brain regions in rats with Alzheimer's disease: a positron emission tomography study

The acute effect of acupuncture on Alzheimer's disease, i.e., on brain activation during treatment, has been reported. However, the effect of long-term acupuncture on brain activation in Alzheimer's disease is unclear. Therefore, in this study, we performed long-term needling at Zusanli (S...

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Main Authors: Yang-jia Lu, Xiao-wen Cai, Gui-feng Zhang, Yong Huang, Chun-zhi Tang, Bao-ci Shan, Shao-yang Cui, Jun-qi Chen, Shan-shan Qu, Zheng Zhong, Xin-sheng Lai, Genevieve Zara Steiner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-01-01
Series:Neural Regeneration Research
Subjects:
nerve regeneration; neurodegeneration; acupuncture; Zusanli (ST36); Alzheimer′s disease; long-term treatment; positron emission tomography; rat; mechanism; targeting effect; compensation; multi-target regulation; neural regeneration
Online Access:http://www.nrronline.org/article.asp?issn=1673-5374;year=2017;volume=12;issue=7;spage=1159;epage=1165;aulast=Lu

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