Acupuncture Alleviates CUMS-Induced Depression-Like Behaviors by Restoring Prefrontal Cortex Neuroplasticity

CONCLUSION: Acupuncture can ameliorate depressive-like behaviors by promoting the recovery of neural plasticity functions and neural plasticity-related protein upregulation in the prefrontal cortex of CUMS-induced depressed rats. Our study provides new insights into the antidepressant approach, and further studies are warranted to elucidate the mechanisms of acupuncture involved in depression treatment.PMID:37179843 | PMC:PMC10169246 | DOI:10.1155/2023/1474841

Source: Neural Plasticity - May 14, 2023 Category: Neurology Authors: Peng Li Wenya Huang Yiping Chen Muhammad Shahzad Aslam Wenjing Cheng Yang Huang Wenjie Chen Yanxun Huang Xinnan Wu Yining Yan Junliang Shen Tao Tong Shuqiong Huang Xianjun Meng Source Type: research