Influence of Ren and Du meridian electro-acupuncture on neural stem cell proliferation and extracellular signal-regulated kinase pathway in a rat model of focal cerebral ischemia injury

Neural Regeneration Research

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 433-438

  Luo, Wenshu ^a   Yu, Haibo ^a   Yang, Zhuoxin ^a   Pi, Min ^a   Diao, Lihong ^b   Rao, Xiaodan ^a  

^a SHENZHEN TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE HOSPITAL   (China)

^b Shenzhen People s Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Brain injury; Cerebral infarction; Cerebral ischemia; Electro acupuncture; Extracellular signal regulated protein kinase; Middle cerebral artery occlusion; Neural regeneration

Indexed keywords

2 (2 AMINO 3 METHOXYPHENYL)CHROMONE; BROXURIDINE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; NESTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CELL COUNT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTE; DU MERIDIAN ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REN MERIDIAN ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUBVENTRICULAR ZONE; SUBVENTRICULAR ZONE DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 77955208582     PISSN: 16735374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-5374.2010.06.005     Document Type: Article

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