Electroacupuncture improves cognitive function through Rho GTPases and enhances dendritic spine plasticity in rats with cerebral ischemia-reperfusion

Molecular Medicine Reports

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 2655-2660

  Lin, Ruhui ^a,b   Wu, Yunan ^a,b,c   Tao, Jing ^a   Chen, Bin ^d   Chen, Jixiang ^b   Zhao, Congkuai ^b   Yu, Kunqiang ^b   Li, Xiaojie ^b   Chen, Li Dian ^a,d  

^a FUJIAN UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^b FUJIAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Fujian Health College   (China)

^d TCM Rehabilitation Research Center of SATCM   (China)

Author keywords

Cerebral ischemia; Dendritic spine; Electroacupuncture; Learning and memory; Rho GTPases

Indexed keywords

F ACTIN; PROTEIN CDC42; RAC1 PROTEIN; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CELL DENSITY; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REPERFUSION INJURY; ANIMAL; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION; ENZYMOLOGY; MAZE TEST; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION; DENDRITIC SPINES; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPERFUSION INJURY; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS;

EID: 84958719991     PISSN: 17912997     EISSN: 17913004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2016.4870     Document Type: Article

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