The influence of electro-acupuncture on neural plasticity in acute cerebral infarction

Neurological Research

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 985-989

  Ren, Li ^a   Zhang, Wu A ^a   Fang, Nan Y ^a   Wang, Jing X ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cerebral infarction; Dendritic spine; Electro acupuncture; Ephrin A5

Indexed keywords

EPHRIN A5; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DENDRITIC SPINE; DOWN REGULATION; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ELECTROCOAGULATION; GOLGI COMPLEX; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHAM PROCEDURE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DENDRITIC SPINES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; EPHRIN-A5; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 57349155597     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/174313208X325182     Document Type: Article

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