Electro-acupuncture treatment improves neurological function associated with downregulation of PDGF and inhibition of astrogliosis in rats with spinal cord transection

Journal of Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 629-635

  Liu, Fen ^a,b   Zou, Yu ^c   Liu, Sujuan ^d   Liu, Jia ^c   Wang, Tinghua ^b,c  

^a WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c KUNMING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Astrogliosis; Electro acupuncture; PDGF; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOSIS; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FAR WESTERN BLOTTING; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HINDLIMB; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOCOMOTION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RAT; RATING SCALE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLIOSIS; HINDLIMB; LOCOMOTION; PLATELET-DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 84885094003     PISSN: 08958696     EISSN: 15591166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12031-013-0035-3     Document Type: Article

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