The effects of acupuncture (PC6) on chronic mild stress-induced memory loss

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 488, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 225-228

  Kim, Hyunyoung ^a   Park, Hyun Jung ^b,c   Shim, Hyun Soo ^c   Han, Seung Moo ^c   Hahm, Dae Hyun ^c   Lee, Hyejung ^c   Shim, Insop ^c  

^a Korea National Institute of Health   (South Korea)

^b The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^c Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine esterase (AchE); Acupuncture; Chronic mild stress (CMS); Passive avoidance task (PAT)

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE;

ACUPUNCTURE; AMNESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; PERICARDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RAT;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 78650810370     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2010.09.080     Document Type: Article

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