Electroacupuncture pretreatment with different waveforms prevents brain injury in rats subjected to cecal ligation and puncture via inhibiting microglial activation, and attenuating inflammation, oxidative stress and apoptosis.

In conclusion, our results demonstrate that EA pretreatment with three waveforms alleviates sepsis-induced brain injury by inhibition of microglial activation and attenuation of inflammation, oxidative stress and apoptosis. These findings suggest that EA pretreatment with dilatational wave at Baihui and Tsusanli acupoints might be a promising therapeutic strategy for relieving septic brain injury.
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Source: Brain Research Bulletin - October 18, 2016 Category: Neurology Authors: Chen Y, Lei Y, Mo LQ, Li J, Wang MH, Wei JC, Zhou J Tags: Brain Res Bull Source Type: research