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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Hauptverfasser: Tai-Hsiang Huang, Yi-Wen Lin, Chun-Ping Huang, Jing-Ming Chen, Ching-Liang Hsieh
Format: Artikel
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: BMC 2019-05-01
Schriftenreihe:Journal of Biomedical Science
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Online Zugang:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12929-019-0526-9