ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2017
Effects of Electroacupuncture on Methamphetamine-Induced Behavioral Changes in Mice.
Article in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Acupuncture-related therapies for drug addiction: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2026Pooled it
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- Low-frequency electroacupuncture attenuates methamphetamine-induced depressive-like behaviors and cognitive impairment via modulating neuroinflammation.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Article
- Acupuncture in Addiction Medicine: Its History, Evidence, and Possibilities.Medical acupuncture · 2023Review
- Acupuncture inhibition of methamphetamine-induced behaviors, dopamine release and hyperthermia in the nucleus accumbens: mediation of group II mGluR.Addiction biology · 2019Article
- Corrigendum to "Effects of Electroacupuncture on Methamphetamine-Induced Behavioral Changes in Mice".Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2018Article
- Acupuncture on the Stress-Related Drug Relapse to Seeking.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2018Review
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- Erratum issued
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8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Methamphetamine (METH) is a major drug of abuse worldwide, and no efficient therapeutic strategies for treating METH addiction are currently available. Continuous METH use can cause behavioral upregulation or psychosis. The dopaminergic pathways, particularly the neural circuitry from the ventral tegmental area to the nucleus accumbens (NAc), have a critical role in this behavioral stage. Acupuncture has been used for treating diseases in China for more than 2000 years. According to a World Health Organization report, acupuncture can be used to treat several functional disorders, including substance abuse. In addition, acupuncture is effective against opioids addiction. In this study, we used electroacupuncture (EA) for treating METH-induced behavioral changes and investigated the possible therapeutic mechanism. Results showed that EA at the unilateral
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