Brain atrophy and ageing: Research on the effect of acupuncture on neuronal apoptosis in cortical tissue

American Journal of Acupuncture

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 251-254

  Shi, Xuemin ^a   Wang, Shu ^a   Liu, Qingzhong ^a   Zhao, Lirong ^a   Zheng, Haoyong ^a   Zhao, Junhong ^a   Han, Jingxian ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Age accelerated mice; Ageing; Brain atropy; Cell apoptosis; Learning; Memory; Senescence

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL AGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; SENESCENCE;

EID: 6544234673     PISSN: 00913960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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