Protective effect of electroacupuncture on cerebral function via ameliorating oxidative stress in MCAO rats

Neuroscience Bulletin

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 153-157

  Wang, Ci Xia ^a   Li, Zhong Ren ^b   Chen, Bo Ying ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Electroacupuncture; Glutathione peroxidase (GSH Px); Lipid peroxidation; Oxidative stress; Superoxide dismutase (SOD)

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; MALONALDEHYDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRIPHENYLTETRAZOLIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PERFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT;

EID: 34447270253     PISSN: 16737067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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