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ArticleBehavioural neurology2018

Cerebral Responses to Acupuncture at GV24 and Bilateral GB13 in Rat Models of Alzheimer's Disease.

Shaoyang Cui, Mingzhu Xu, Jianting Huang, Qing Mei Wang, Xinsheng Lai, Binbin Nie, Baoci Shan, Xun Luo, John Wong, Chunzhi Tang

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Article in Behavioural neurology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Shaoyang CuiDepartment of Rehabilitation, Shenzhen Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Shenzhen, China.
Mingzhu XuStroke Biological Recovery Laboratory, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA.
Jianting HuangStroke Biological Recovery Laboratory, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA.
Qing Mei WangStroke Biological Recovery Laboratory, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4655-4917
Xinsheng LaiClinical Medical College of Acupuncture and Rehabilitation, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.ORCID 0000-0001-8828-9125
Binbin NieKey Laboratory of Nuclear Analysis Techniques, Beijing Engineering Research Center of Radiographic Techniques and Equipment, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0002-8038-7772
Baoci ShanKey Laboratory of Nuclear Analysis Techniques, Beijing Engineering Research Center of Radiographic Techniques and Equipment, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Xun LuoKerry Rehabilitation Medicine Research Institute, Shenzhen, China.
John WongSchool of Nursing, MGH Institute of Health Professions, Boston, MA 02129, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6317-2067
Chunzhi TangClinical Medical College of Acupuncture and Rehabilitation, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.ORCID 0000-0003-3127-578X

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acupuncture has been widely used in China to treat neurological diseases including Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, its mechanism remains unclear. In the present study, eighty healthy Wistar rats were divided into a normal control group (

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Acupuncture PointsAcupuncture TherapyAlzheimer DiseaseAnimalsBrain StemCerebral CortexCorpus StriatumDisease Models, AnimalFemaleHumansHypothalamusMaleOlfactory BulbPositron-Emission TomographyRatsRats, Wistar

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PMID29854022
PMCPMC5952587

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