Electroacupuncture at Baihui acupoint (GV20) reverses behavior deficit and long-term potentiation through N-methyl-D-aspartate and transient receptor potential vanilloid subtype 1 receptors in middle cerebral artery occlusion rats

Journal of Integrative Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 269-282

  Lin, Yi Wen ^a   Hsieh, Ching Liang ^a,b  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

acupuncture; hippocampus; LTP; NMDA; Stroke; Traditional Chinese Medicine

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 1; VANILLOID RECEPTOR 1;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THERAPY EFFECT;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS; BIOPHYSICS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLUTAMIC ACID; HIPPOCAMPUS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TRPV CATION CHANNELS;

EID: 78249285920     PISSN: 02196352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219635210002433     Document Type: Article

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