Acupuncture stimulation induces neurogenesis in adult brain

International Review of Neurobiology

Volumn 111, Issue , 2013, Pages 67-90

  Nam, Min Ho ^a   Ahn, Kwang Seok ^a   Choi, Seung Hoon ^a,b  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine (KIOM)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Adult neurogenesis; Alzheimer's disease; Parkinson's disease; Stroke

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE Y;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ADULT ANIMAL; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DENTATE GYRUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBVENTRICULAR ZONE; UPREGULATION;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT NEUROGENESIS; ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE; PARKINSON'S DISEASE; STROKE;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; ANIMALS; BRAIN; HUMANS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NEUROGENESIS;

EID: 84887355346     PISSN: 00747742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-411545-3.00004-3     Document Type: Chapter

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