Chapter Eight Effect of Chinese Herbal Medicine on Molecular Imaging of Neurological Disorders

Publication date: 2017 Source:International Review of Neurobiology, Volume 135 Author(s): Yao Yao, Ting Chen, Jing Huang, Hong Zhang, Mei Tian Chinese herbal medicine has been used to treat a wide variety of neurological disorders including stroke, Alzheimer's disease, and Parkinson's disease. However, its mechanism behind the effectiveness remains unclear. Recently, molecular imaging technology has been applied for this purpose, since it can assess the cellular or molecular function in a living subject by using specific imaging probes and/or radioactive tracers, which enable efficient analysis and monitoring the therapeutic response repetitively. This chapter reviews the in vivo functional and metabolic changes after administration of Chinese herbal medicine in various neurological disorders and provides perspectives on the future evaluations of therapeutic response of Chinese herbal medicine.
Source: International Review of Neurobiology - Category: Neuroscience Source Type: research