Electroacupuncture ameliorates post-stroke learning and memory through minimizing ultrastructural brain damage and inhibiting the expression of MMP-2 and MMP-9 in cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injured rats

Molecular Medicine Reports

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 225-233

  Lin, Ruhui ^a   Yu, Kunqiang ^a   Li, Xiaojie ^a   Tao, Jing ^a   Lin, Yukun ^a   Zhao, Congkuai ^a   Li, Chunyan ^a   Chen, Li Dian ^a  

^a FUJIAN UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Cerebral ischemia reperfusion; Electroacupuncture; Learning and memory; Matrix metalloproteinase 2; Matrix metalloproteinase 9; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

GELATINASE A; GELATINASE B;

ACUPUNCTURE NEEDLE; ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY LIGATION; ARTICLE; BAIHUI ACUPOINT; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ENZYME INHIBITION; IN VIVO STUDY; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MORRIS WATER MAZE TEST; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SHENTING ACUPOINT; SPATIAL LEARNING; THERAPY EFFECT; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ANIMAL; BRAIN; COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION; DISEASE MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; REPERFUSION INJURY; STROKE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MALE; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 2; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 9; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; RATS; REPERFUSION INJURY; STROKE;

EID: 84973513783     PISSN: 17912997     EISSN: 17913004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2016.5227     Document Type: Article

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