Angiogenesis and improved cerebral blood flow in the ischemic boundary area were detected after electroacupuncture treatment to rats with ischemic stroke

Neurological Research

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 101-107

  Du, Yuanhao ^a   Shi, Lei ^b   Li, Jing ^a   Xiong, Jun ^c   Li, Bo ^c   Fan, Xiaonong ^a  

^a FIRST TEACHING HOSPITAL OF TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^b TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^c TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Electroacupuncture stimulation; Middle cerebral artery occlusion; Neurological functional recovery; Rats; Region cerebral blood flow

Indexed keywords

KI 67 ANTIGEN; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETER; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NONHUMAN; RAT; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CELL PROLIFERATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MALE; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 78651065710     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/016164110X12714125204317     Document Type: Article

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