Acupuncture and neurotrophin modulation

International Review of Neurobiology

Volumn 111, Issue , 2013, Pages 91-124

  Soligo, Marzia ^a   Nori, Stefania Lucia ^b   Protto, Virginia ^a   Florenzano, Fulvio ^c   Manni, Luigi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TRANSLATIONAL PHARMACOLOGY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; BDNF; Neurotrophins; NGF; NT 3; NT 4; Physical therapy; Sortilin; Trk

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; CATECHOLAMINE; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CORTISONE; ESTRADIOL; GLUTAMIC ACID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 1; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; NEUROTROPHIN; NEUROTROPHIN 3; NEUROTROPHIN 4; NEUROTROPHIN RECEPTOR P75; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN KINASE B; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE A; RECOMBINANT BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL M7; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; VANILLOID RECEPTOR 1; VASCULOTROPIN;

ACUPUNCTURE; ACUPUNCTURE NEEDLE; AEROBIC EXERCISE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONSTIPATION; DEMYELINATION; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; KINESIOTHERAPY; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; METABOLIC DISORDER; MYALGIA; NEURAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PAIN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PAW EDEMA; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; SIDE EFFECT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; THERAPY EFFECT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ACUPUNCTURE; BDNF; NEUROTROPHINS; NGF; NT-3; NT-4; P75(NTR); PHYSICAL THERAPY; SORTILIN; TRK;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ANIMALS; BRAIN; HUMANS; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS;

EID: 84887363696     PISSN: 00747742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-411545-3.00005-5     Document Type: Chapter

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