Acupuncture therapy for stroke patients

International Review of Neurobiology

Volumn 111, Issue , 2013, Pages 159-179

  Li, Xin ^a   Wang, Qiang ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Ischemia; Preconditioning; Rehabilitation; Stroke

Indexed keywords

2 ARACHIDONOYLGLYCEROL; ACETYLCHOLINE; ANANDAMIDE; BETA2 GLYCOPROTEIN 1; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; CANNABINOID 2 RECEPTOR; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C1; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4B; ENDOCANNABINOID; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ENDOTHELIN; GELATINASE B; GELSOLIN; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE B; PROTEIN KINASE C EPSILON; PROTEIN S100B; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4;

ACUPUNCTURE; ANGIOGENESIS; APHASIA; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN METABOLISM; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; EXCITOTOXICITY; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INSOMNIA; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REHABILITATION CARE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THERAPY EFFECT;

ACUPUNCTURE; ISCHEMIA; PRECONDITIONING; REHABILITATION; STROKE;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ANIMALS; HUMANS; STROKE;

EID: 84887332989     PISSN: 00747742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-411545-3.00008-0     Document Type: Chapter

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