ReviewFrontiers in neuroscience2023
The effects and mechanisms of acupuncture for post-stroke cognitive impairment: progress and prospects.
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30 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Neuroimaging evidence of acupuncture in cognitive impairment following ischemic stroke: a systematic review.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2025Pooled it
- Meta-analysis with trial sequential analysis investigating the impact of adjunctive electroacupuncture therapy on vascular mild cognitive impairment.Translational psychiatry · 2024Pooled it
- Comparative effectiveness of acupuncture-based multimodal rehabilitation for post-stroke cognitive impairment: a network meta-analysis of 70 randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in neurologyPooled it
- Traditional Chinese medicine interventions for post-stroke cognitive impairment: an evidence mapping.Frontiers in neurologyPooled it
- Efficacy and hematological markers of tDCS combined with aerobic exercise in improving executive function in patients with PSCI.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2026Trial
- Effects of Acupuncture on Cognitive Functions in Patients with Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Chinese journal of integrative medicine · 2025Trial
- Dysfunction of hippocampal cells and its role in cognitive impairment.Neural regeneration research · 2026Article
- [Advances in research on neuroelectrophysiological characteristics of post-stroke cognitive impairment based on quantitative electroencephalography and acupuncture interventions].Sheng wu yi xue gong cheng xue za zhi = Journal of biomedical engineering = Shengwu yixue gongchengxue zazhi · 2026Review
- Tui Na Acupressure Modulates Treg Immunosuppression via FoxP3/mTORC1 Signalling in ALS Mice.Immunology · 2026Article
- Differential Improvement in Memory and Executive Functions: Personalized Exercise versus Acupuncture for Mild Cognitive Impairment in Stroke-prone Individuals.Clinical psychopharmacology and neuroscience : the official scientific journal of the Korean College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2026Article
- Acupuncture for Post-Stroke Cognitive Impairment: Mechanisms and Clinical Evidence (2020-2025).Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment · 2026Review
- Acorus tatarinowii volatile oil inhalation combined with Fengchi (GB20) acupuncture enhances cognitive recovery in post-stroke patients.American journal of translational research · 2026Article
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- Acupuncture improves depressive-like behaviors in CUMS rats by modulating lateral habenula synaptic plasticity via the BDNF/ERK/mTOR pathway.Molecular brain · 2025Article
- Electroacupuncture therapy improves cognitive dysfunction after ischemic stroke in Sprague-Dawley rats by adjusting the lncRNA-MEG3/miR-4640-3p axis.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2025Article
- Comprehensive Transcriptomic Analysis of Brain Tissues From the Infarcted Area of MCAO Rats Revealed That Acupuncture Attenuates Brain Injury via the Complement System.Brain and behavior · 2025Article
- Specific Mode Electroacupuncture Stimulation Mediates the Delivery of NGF Across the Hippocampus Blood-Brain Barrier Through p65-VEGFA-TJs to Improve the Cognitive Function of MCAO/R Convalescent Rats.Molecular neurobiology · 2025Article
- Phospholipids and peroxisomes in ferroptosis: the therapeutic target of acupuncture regulating vascular cognitive impairment and dementia.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2025Review
- Blood-based biomarkers and neuroimaging for early detection of post-stroke cognitive impairment: current evidence and synergistic prospects.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Review
- Electroacupuncture Intervention Improves Post-Stroke Dysphagia by Modulating NMDAR1 and GABABR1.Current neurovascular research · 2025Article
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Abstract
Stroke is one of the important causes of both disability and death worldwide, which is very common in older adults. Post-stroke cognitive impairment (PSCI) is a common secondary damage of stroke, which is the main cause of long-term disability and decreased quality of life in stroke patients, which brings a heavy burden to society and families. Acupuncture, as one of the oldest and widely used worldwide techniques in Chinese medicine, is recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) as an alternative and complementary strategy for improving stroke care. This review comprehensively summarizes literature from the last 25 years, showing that acupuncture can exert strong beneficial effect on PSCI. The mechanisms of acupuncture on PSCI involves anti-neuronal apoptosis, promoting synaptic plasticity, alleviating central and peripheral inflammatory reactions, and regulating brain energy metabolism disorders (including improving cerebral blood flow, glucose utilization and mitochondrial structure and function, etc.), etc. The effects and mechanisms of acupuncture on PSCI reviewed in this study provides scientific and reliable evidence for acupuncture application for PSCI.
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