Short-term auricular electrical stimulation rapidly elevated cortical blood flow and promoted the expression of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor α4 in the 2 vessel occlusion rats model

Short-term auricular electrical stimulation rapidly elevated cortical blood flow and promoted the expression of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor α4 in the 2 vessel occlusion rats model

Abstract Background Vascular dementia is the second dementing illness after Alzheimer’s disease and caused by reduced blood flow to the brain, and affects cognitive abilities. Our previous study found that auricular electrical stimulation (ES) improved motor and learning impairment, and this phenome...

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Main Authors: Tai-Hsiang Huang, Yi-Wen Lin, Chun-Ping Huang, Jing-Ming Chen, Ching-Liang Hsieh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-05-01
Series:Journal of Biomedical Science
Subjects:
Dementia
Bilateral carotid artery occlusion
Auricular electrical stimulation
Cerebral blood flow
Acetylcholine receptor
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12929-019-0526-9

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