Heat-sensitive moxibustion attenuates the inflammation after focal cerebral ischemia/ reperfusion injury

Neural Regeneration Research

Volumn 7, Issue 33, 2012, Pages 2600-2606

  Xiao, Ai Jiao ^a   Chen, Ri Xin ^a   Kang, Ming Fei ^a   Tan, Sheng Hai ^a  

^a JIANGXI UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Cerebral ischemia reperfusion injury; Heat sensitive moxibustion; Infarct volume; Interleukin; Middle cerebral artery occlusion; Myeloperoxidase; Neural regeneration; Proinflammatory cytokines; Suspended moxibustion; Traditional Chinese medicine; Traditional suspended moxibustion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925937194     PISSN: 16735374     EISSN: 18767958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-5374.2012.33.005     Document Type: Article

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