Electroacupuncture enhances motor recovery performance with brain-Derived neurotrophic factor expression in rats with cerebral infarction

Acupuncture in Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 222-226

  Kim, Manho ^c   Kim, Min Wook ^a,b   Chung, You Chul ^b   Jung, Hee Chan ^b   Park, Moon Seo ^a   Han, Young Min ^a   Chung, Yong An ^a   Maeng, Lee So ^a   Park, Sang In ^a   Lim, Jiyeon ^c   Im, Woo Seok ^c   Chung, Jin Young ^c   Kim, Minky ^d   Mook, Inhee ^c  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^b The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^d Seoul Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

ACUPUNCTURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE MODEL; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION;

EID: 84866730153     PISSN: 09645284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/acupmed-2011-010126     Document Type: Article

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