Acupuncture improves cognitive function(A systematic review)

Neural Regeneration Research

Volumn 8, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 1673-1684

  Leung, Mason Chin Pang ^a   Yip, Ka Keung ^a   Lam, Chung Tsung ^a   Lam, Ka Shun ^a   Lau, Wai ^a   Yu, Wing Lam ^a   Leung, Amethyst King Man ^b   So, Kwok Fai ^c,d  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b Cambridge Regional College   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Cognition; Cognitive; Dementia; Electroacupuncture; Learning; Memory; Neural regeneration; Neuroregeneration

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CATALASE; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; GINGER EXTRACT; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HEXOKINASE; MALONALDEHYDE; MESSENGER RNA; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PYRUVATE KINASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; META ANALYSIS; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SHORT FORM 36; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 84889792404     PISSN: 16735374     EISSN: 18767958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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