Electroacupuncture: a new approach to open the blood-brain barrier in rats recovering from middle cerebral artery occlusion.

CONCLUSIONS: EA treatment for a certain stimulation time at GV20 and GV26 in MCAO rats can increase BBB permeability.
PMID: 29903719 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Acupuncture in Medicine : journal of the British Medical Acupuncture Society - June 14, 2018 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Zhang J, Lin X, Zhou H, Chen Y, Xiao S, Jiao J, Zhao Y, Di Z Tags: Acupunct Med Source Type: research