《Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice》 ›› 2019, Vol. 25 ›› Issue (11): 1315-1319.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1006-9771.2019.11.010

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Advance in Brain Protective Mechanism of Electroacupuncture Preconditioning (review)

NING Wen-hua1, LI Li1,2,3, GUO Yang1,2, ZHANG Bao-yu1, WANG Yang1, ZHAO Meng-xiong1, WANG Shu1,2,4   

  1. 1.First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 300381, China
    2.National Clinical Research Center for Chinese Medicine Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Tianjin 300381, China
    3.Tianjin Key Laboratory of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Tianjin 300381, China
    4.Key Laboratory of Acupuncture and Moxibustion Encephalopathy, State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 300381, China
  • Received:2019-04-03 Revised:2019-04-24 Published:2019-11-25 Online:2019-11-21
  • Contact: WANG Shu, E-mail: wangs2008@163.com E-mail:wangs2008@163.com
  • Supported by:
    Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 81804189), Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University Program (No. IRT1167), Tianjin Municipal Commission of Health and Family Planning for Research on Traditonal Chinese Medicine and Integrative Medicine Program (No. 2017130) and Tianjin Municipal Education Commission Research Program (No. 2018KJ020)

Abstract: Electroacupuncture preconditioning can alleviate the nerve defect after cerebral ischemia injury, induce cerebral ischemic tolerance and exert the certain protective effect on brain, which may be involved in regulating endocannabinoid system, inhibiting exitotoxicity, inhibiting oxidative stress, inhibiting endoplasmic reticulum stress, inhibiting inflammatory response, protecting blood-brain barrier, inhibiting apoptosis and regulating autophagy, etc.

Key words: ischemic stroke, electroacupuncture preconditioning, brain ischemic tolerance, brain protective, review

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