• Filter By:
• Specialty
• Source
• Condition
• Cancer
• Infectious Disease
• Drug
• Training
• Management
• Procedure
• Therapy
• Vaccine
• Nutrition
• Country

Electro-acupuncture treatment ameliorates intestinal inflammatory injury in cerebral ischemia-reperfusion rats via regulating the balance of Treg / γδ T cells
Brain Res. 2023 Jan 6:148233. doi: 10.1016/j.brainres.2023.148233. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTElectro-acupuncture (EA) has an anti-inflammatory role in ischemic stroke, but whether the protective effect of EA involves the regulation of the intestine barrier and Treg/ γδ T cells is unclear. Cerebral ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury was induced by middle cerebral artery occlusion(MCAO) for 2 hours followed by reperfusion for 24 hours. The rats have treated with EA at the "Baihui" acupoint(GV20). Triphenyl tetrazolium chloride (TTC) staining and Longa neurologic score were performed to evaluate the outcomes after ischem...
Source: Cell Research - January 9, 2023 Category: Cytology Authors: Ya-Ling Wang Ling-Ling Meng Yong-Lin Chen Ling OuYang Bu-Fan Wu Rou Peng Sheng-Feng Lu Qing Liu Tao Zhang Xiao-Xiao Li Xin-Yue Jing Bin Xu Shu-Ping Fu Source Type: research

Effect of Electroacupuncture on Neurological Deficit and Activity of Clock and Bmal1 in Cerebral Ischemic Rats
This study aims to explore the effect of acupuncture at acupoints GV20 and BL23 on neuroprotection and anti-apoptosis in middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) rats and expression of apoptosis and circadian rhythm related proteins. Male Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats were randomly divided into five groups: normal group (Normal), sham model group (Sham MCAO), MCAO model group (MCAO), sham electroacupuncture group (Sham EA) and electroacupuncture group (EA). The MCAO model was prepared by electrocoagulation. The first acupuncture treatment was performed within 2 h after surgery, and then acupuncture therapy was performed on 1st d...
Source: Journal of Huazhong University of Science and Technology -- Medical Sciences -- - December 1, 2020 Category: Research Source Type: research

Waggle needling wields preferable neuroprotective and anti-spastic effects on post-stroke spasticity rats by attenuating γ-aminobutyric acid transaminase and enhancing γ-aminobutyric acid.
This study was designed to compare the anti-spastic effect of waggle needling to the routine needling and to explore its underlying mechanism. We established post-stroke spasticity model based on ischemia stroke operation (middle cerebral artery occlusion). Rats were divided into six groups: normal control group, sham-operated control group, ischemia stroke model group, waggle needling group, routine needling group and baclofen group. Neurological function and muscle tone were assessed by the Zea Longa score and modified Ashworth scale, respectively. Indirect muscle tone was testified with electrophysiological recording. C...
Source: NeuroReport - June 9, 2020 Category: Neurology Tags: Degeneration and Repair Source Type: research

Effect of acupuncture on TGF- β1/Smads pathway in mice with airway remodeling mic.
CONCLUSIONS: Acupuncture can inhibit airway remodeling by inhibiting the expression of airway TGF-β1 and down-regulating the expression of Smads and α-SMA to reduce airway inflammatory response. Airway expressions of type-Ⅰ and Smads proteins remain high after inhibiting TGF-β1. Acupuncture may control asthma progression through the TGF-β1/Smads pathway. PMID: 30514688 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Journal of Southern Medical University - November 30, 2018 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Liu H, Liu J, Peng M, Li Y, Li C Tags: Nan Fang Yi Ke Da Xue Xue Bao Source Type: research