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ArticleStem cells international2017

Electroacupuncture Improved Hippocampal Neurogenesis following Traumatic Brain Injury in Mice through Inhibition of TLR4 Signaling Pathway.

Yuqin Ye, Yongxiang Yang, Chen Chen, Ze Li, Yanfeng Jia, Xinhong Su, Chaoxian Wang, Xiaosheng He

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Article in Stem cells international, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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8 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Yuqin YeDepartment of Neurosurgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China.ORCID 0000-0001-5645-910X
Yongxiang YangDepartment of Neurosurgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China.ORCID 0000-0001-6559-846X
Chen ChenInstitute of Psychology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China.
Ze LiDepartment of Neurosurgery, The Fourth People's Hospital of Shaanxi Province, Xi'an 710034, China.
Yanfeng JiaDepartment of Neurosurgery, The Fourth People's Hospital of Shaanxi Province, Xi'an 710034, China.
Xinhong SuDepartment of Neurosurgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China.ORCID 0000-0002-8705-8541
Chaoxian WangDepartment of Neurosurgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China.
Xiaosheng HeDepartment of Neurosurgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China.ORCID 0000-0002-2979-9317
Xijing Hospital · CNThe Fourth People's Hospital · CNHunan Normal University · CNInstitute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The protective role of electroacupuncture (EA) treatment in diverse neurological diseases such as ischemic stroke is well acknowledged. However, whether and how EA act on hippocampal neurogenesis following traumatic brain injury (TBI) remains poorly understood. This study aims to investigate the effect of EA on hippocampal neurogenesis and neurological functions, as well as its underlying association with toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) signaling in TBI mice. BrdU/NeuN immunofluorescence was performed to label newborn neurons in the hippocampus after EA treatment. Water maze test and neurological severity score were used to evaluate neurological function posttrauma. The hippocampal level of TLR4 and downstream molecules and inflammatory cytokines were, respectively, detected by Western blot and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. EA enhanced hippocampal neurogenesis and inhibited TLR4 expression at 21, 28, and 35 days after TBI, but the beneficial effects of EA on posttraumatic neurogenesis and neurological functions were attenuated by lipopolysaccharide-induced TLR4 activation. In addition, EA exerted an inhibitory effect on both TLR4/Myd88/NF-

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