ObjectiveTo investigate the effects of different acupuncture schemes on behaviors, neurotransmitters and inflammation-related factors in post-stroke depressed (PSD) rats. MethodsA total of 72 healthy male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into normal group, model group, drug control group, scalp acupuncture group, abdominal acupuncture group and combined acupuncture group, 12 rats in each group. The PSD model was prepared using a combination of middle cerebral artery occlusion and chronic unpredictable mild stimulation (CUMS) for the model and each intervention groups. The drug control group was administered fluoxetine, the scalp acupuncture group accepted acupuncture at Baihui (DU 20) and Yintang (EX-HN3), while the abdominal acupuncture group at Zhongwan (RN 12) and Guanyuan (RN 4), the combined acupuncture group at all the four acupoints, for 21 days. They were assessed with Longa neurological function score, body mass, open-field test and sugar-water preference test on the 0 (before modeling), the seventh (before CUMS), the 14th (before treatment) and the 35th day (after treatment). The levels of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT), dopamine (DA), norepinephrine (NE), interferon-γ (INF-γ), tumor necrosis factor⁃α (TNF⁃α) and macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) in the serum were determined with ELISA on the 35th day. Results The neurological function score was lower in the drug control group and the combined acupuncture group thanin the model group (P < 0.01) on the 35th day; while the body mass was higher in the drug control group, the abdominal acupuncture group and the combined acupuncture group than in the model group (P < 0.01); and the number of horizontal span frames, the number of uprightness and the sugar water consumption were higher in the drug control group, the scalp acupuncture group, the abdominal acupuncture group and the combined acupuncture group than in the model group (P < 0.05). There was no significant difference among the four intervention groups (P > 0.05). The levels of 5-HT, DA and NE were higher in the four intervention groups than in the model group (P < 0.01), and the levels of IFN-γ, TNF⁃α and MIF were lower (P < 0.01). 5-HT level was higher in the combined acupuncture group than in the scalp acupuncture group and the abdominal acupuncture group, and the levels of IFN-γ, TNF⁃α and MIF were lower (P < 0.01); the levels of DA and NE was higher in the combined acupuncture group than in the abdominal acupuncture group (P < 0.01). ConclusionThe combination of scalp acupuncture and abdominal acupuncture can improve behavior, neurotransmitters and inflammatory factors of PSD rats, like fluoxetine. Scalp or abdominal acupuncture alone is still effecive, and can be used secondarily.

Objective To investigate the efficacy and safety of intravenous tranexamic acid(TXA)admin-istration combined with intra-articular"cocktail"+TXA infusion in primary total knee arthroplasty(TKA). Meth-ods 90 patients were randomly divided to experimental group A,control group B and control group C,30 cases in each group.There was no significant difference(P>0.05) in the preoperative general informations,such as age, sex,body mass index,hemoglobin,hematocrit,D-dimer,preoperative KSS score,knee activity ROM,VAS scores,operation time,time of using tourniquet. All the patients were intravenously injected with TXA 1g before using the tourniquet. After suturing the capsule,for the group A,100 ml of TXA and cocktail mixture(TXA 1g, ropivacaine 40 mg,epinephrine 0.1 mg,methylprednisolone 40 mg) were perfused into the articular cavity through the drainage which then be clamped.By the same ways,group B patients infused with tranexamic acid solution 100 mL(TXA 1g),group C patients infused with saline 100 mL.The total blood loss volume,drainage volume,intraop-erative blood loss,hidden blood loss,the change of hemoglobin and hematocrit in postoperative 3 days,blood trans-fusion,adverse reactions,the VAS scores at 6,12,24,72 h in the postoporative quiescent condition and the VAS scores at 12,24,72 h in the postoporative activity condition were measured and compared.Results The volume of total blood loss,hidden blood loss,drainage,were(685.7 ± 120.6)mL、(259.9 ± 162.0)mL、(151.5 ± 48.9)mL in group A,the decrease of hemoglobin and hematocrit at postoperative 3 d were(18.6 ± 3.2)g/L、(3.1 ± 1.3)% in group A,there was statistically significant(P<0.05) comparing with the control groups.The VAS scores of experi-mental group in the resting and the active state were lower than that in control groups(P < 0.05). Conclusion The application of intravenous tranexamic acid administration combined with intra-articular"cocktail"+TXA infu-sion can reduce the volume of postoperative total blood loss,drainage and hidden blood loss.Simultaneously,it can significantly alleviate the early postoperative pain,which is conducive to early rapid recovery,while not increasing the risk of thrombosis,and no adverse reactions.