Does Acupuncture Protect Dopamine Neurons in Parkinson's Disease Rodent Model?: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

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Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

1. Neuroprotective mechanisms of sodium butyrate in Parkinson's disease in preclinical rodent models: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2026
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2. Global Trend in the Research and Development of Acupuncture Treatment on Parkinson's Disease From 2000 to 2021: A Bibliometric Analysis.Frontiers in neurology · 2022
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3. Effectiveness of Acupuncture in the Treatment of Parkinson's Disease: An Overview of Systematic Reviews.Frontiers in neurology · 2020
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4. Acupuncture: A Promising Non-Pharmacological Approach to Parkinson's Disease Management.Brain and behavior · 2026
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5. Acupuncture modulates the microbiota-gut-brain axis: a new strategy for Parkinson's disease treatment.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2025
   Review
6. Corticostriatal glutamate-mediated dynamic therapeutic efficacy of electroacupuncture in a parkinsonian rat model.Clinical and translational medicine · 2024
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7. Protective effect of Tongdu Tiaoshen acupuncture combined with Xiaoxuming decoction on dopaminergic neurons in Parkinson's disease model.Journal of traditional Chinese medicine = Chung i tsa chih ying wen pan · 2023
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8. Electroacupuncture improves TBI dysfunction by targeting HDAC overexpression and BDNF-associated Akt/GSK-3β signaling.Frontiers in cellular neuroscience · 2022
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9. Effectiveness and safety of herbal medicine Ukgansan for clinical symptoms in Parkinson's disease: A pilot, randomized, assessor-blinded clinical trial.Frontiers in neurology · 2022
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10. Parkinson's disease constipation effect of electroacupuncture at ST25 through colonic motility and enteric neuropathology.Frontiers in neurology · 2022
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11. Epigenomic Changes after Acupuncture Treatment in Patients Suffering from Burnout.Complementary medicine research · 2022
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12. Acupuncture for Parkinson's Disease: Efficacy Evaluation and Mechanisms in the Dopaminergic Neural Circuit.Neural plasticity · 2021
    Review
13. Acupuncture for Parkinson's disease: targeting programmed cell death mechanisms and therapeutic prospects.Frontiers in neurology
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Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

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