Laser acupuncture at HT7 acupoint improves cognitive deficit, neuronal loss, oxidative stress, and functions of cholinergic and dopaminergic systems in animal model of parkinson's disease

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Wattanathorn, Jintanaporn ^a,b   Sutalangka, Chatchada ^a,b  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME B; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; MALONALDEHYDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL LOSS; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; LASER ACUPUNCTURE; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84918554538     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/937601     Document Type: Article

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