Effect and mechanism of acupuncture on alzheimer's disease

International Review of Neurobiology

Volumn 111, Issue , 2013, Pages 181-195

  Zeng, Bai Yun ^a   Salvage, Sarah ^a   Jenner, Peter ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Alzheimer's disease; Brain imaging; Molecular mechanism

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; GINSENG EXTRACT; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

ACUPUNCTURE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN REGION; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MOUSE MODEL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; RAT MODEL; TEMPORAL LOBE; THERAPY EFFECT; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ACUPUNCTURE; ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE; BRAIN IMAGING; MOLECULAR MECHANISM;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 84887363720     PISSN: 00747742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-411545-3.00009-2     Document Type: Chapter

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