Acupuncture stimulation alleviates corticosterone-induced impairments of spatial memory and cholinergic neurons in rats

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Lee, Bombi ^a   Sur, Bong Jun ^a   Kwon, Sunoh ^a   Jung, Euntaek ^a   Shim, Insop ^a   Lee, Hyejung ^a   Hahm, Dae Hyun ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CORTICOSTERONE; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ACUPUNCTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN PROTECTION; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY DISORDER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; THERAPY EFFECT;

EID: 84862965142     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/670536     Document Type: Article

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