Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice 2017;23(5):539-542

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1006-9771.2017.05.010

Researches of Electroacupuncture for Cognitive Function and Histopathology in Alzheimer's Disease Model (review)

Yiting XIE ; Weilin LIU ; Lidian CHEN ; Jing TAO

Keywords

Alzheimer's disease; electroacupuncture; acupoint; parameters; animal model; review

Country

China

Language

Chinese

Abstract

With the development of aging population, the morbidity of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is increasing. Electroacupuncture on several acupoints, especially Baihui (GV20), may improve the cognitive function, brain morphology, and reduceβ-amyloid deposition and tau protein phosphorylation, in AD models.