Electroacupuncture promotes neurological functional recovery via the retinoic acid signaling pathway in rats following cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury

International Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 225-231

  Hong, Jiangcong ^a   Wu, Guangwen ^a   Zou, Yulong ^a   Tao, Jing ^a   Chen, Lidian ^a  

^a FUJIAN UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Cerebral ischemia reperfusion injury; Electroacupuncture; Neurological function; Retinoic acid

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; RETINOIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REPERFUSION INJURY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIDEORECORDING; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CELL PROLIFERATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; HIPPOCAMPUS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; LATERAL VENTRICLES; MALE; NEUROGENESIS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REPERFUSION INJURY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STROKE; TETRAZOLIUM SALTS; TRETINOIN;

EID: 84873154197     PISSN: 11073756     EISSN: 1791244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ijmm.2012.1166     Document Type: Article

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