Acupuncture at ST36 exerts neuroprotective effects via inhibition of reactive astrogliosis in infantile rats with hydrocephalus.

Jacqueline Atsuko TidaCarlos Henrique Rocha CatalãoCamila Araújo Bernardino GarciaAntônio Carlos Dos SantosCarlos Ernesto Garrido SalmonLuiza da Silva Lopes

Published in: Acupuncture in medicine : journal of the British Medical Acupuncture Society (2018)

These findings indicate that acupuncture at ST36 has a neuroprotective potential mediated, in part, by inhibition of astrogliosis.

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