Acupuncture to point Baihui prevents ischemia-induced functional impairment of cortical GABAergic neurons

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 307, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 139-143

  Zhang, Shuyan ^a   Li, Gonglong ^a   Xu, Xianwei ^b   Chang, Mingxiu ^a   Zhang, Cuier ^a   Sun, Feifei ^a  

^a HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Sixth Hospital of Daqing Heilongjiang   (China)

Author keywords

Action potential; Acupuncture; GABAergic neuron and Patch clamp; Ischemia; Synaptic transmission

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; EXCITOTOXICITY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTORY PERIOD; SPIKE WAVE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ANIMALS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NERVE NET; NEURONS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79959851878     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: 18785883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2011.04.021     Document Type: Article

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