Electroacupuncture brain protection during ischemic stroke: A role for the parasympathetic nervous system

Acetylcholine ameliorates endoplasmic reticulum stress in endothelial cells after hypoxia/reoxygenation via M3 AChR-AMPK signaling

(2015) Xueyuan Bi et al.   CELL CYCLE

Control of ventricular excitability by neurons of the dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus nerve

(2015) Asif Machhada et al.   HEART RHYTHM

A Retrospective Cohort Study Comparing Stroke Recurrence Rate in Ischemic Stroke Patients With and Without Acupuncture Treatment

(2015) Chun-Chuan Shih et al.   MEDICINE

Acupuncture Efficacy on Ischemic Stroke Recovery: Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial in China

(2015) S. Zhang et al.   STROKE

Complexity of Heart Rate Variability Can Predict Stroke-In-Evolution in Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients

(2015) Chih-Hao Chen et al.   Scientific Reports

The effects of electroacupuncture treatment on the postoperative cognitive function in aged rats with acute myocardial ischemia–reperfusion

(2014) Shaoting Yuan et al.   BRAIN RESEARCH

M3 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor in cardiology and oncology

(2014) Salvatore Patanè   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

Mn-SOD Upregulation by Electroacupuncture Attenuates Ischemic Oxidative Damage via CB1R-Mediated STAT3 Phosphorylation

(2014) Sisi Sun et al.   MOLECULAR NEUROBIOLOGY

Dopamine mediates vagal modulation of the immune system by electroacupuncture

(2014) Rafael Torres-Rosas et al.   NATURE MEDICINE

Vagus Nerve Stimulation Attenuates Cerebral Ischemia and Reperfusion Injury via Endogenous Cholinergic Pathway in Rat

(2014) Ying Jiang et al.   PLoS One

Acetylcholine Attenuates Hypoxia/ Reoxygenation-Induced Mitochondrial and Cytosolic ROS Formation in H9c2 Cells via M2 Acetylcholine Receptor

(2013) Yi Miao et al.   CELLULAR PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Effect of Electroacupuncture on Rat Ischemic Brain Injury: Importance of Stimulation Duration

(2013) Fei Zhou et al.   Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Delayed brain ischemia tolerance induced by electroacupuncture pretreatment is mediated via MCP-induced protein 1

(2013) Zhuqing Jin et al.   Journal of Neuroinflammation

Electroacupuncture Acutely Improves Cerebral Blood Flow and Attenuates Moderate Ischemic Injury via an Endothelial Mechanism in Mice

(2013) Ji Hyun Kim et al.   PLoS One

Electroacupuncture Improves Survival in Rats with Lethal Endotoxemia via the Autonomic Nervous System

(2012) Jian-gang Song et al.   ANESTHESIOLOGY

Cardioprotection evoked by remote ischaemic preconditioning is critically dependent on the activity of vagal pre-ganglionic neurones

(2012) Svetlana Mastitskaya et al.   CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH

Role of the parasympathetic nervous system in cardioprotection by remote hindlimb ischaemic preconditioning

(2012) Martín Donato et al.   EXPERIMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY

Electroacupuncture pretreatment attenuates cerebral ischemic injury through α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor-mediated inhibition of high-mobility group box 1 release in rats

(2012) Qiang Wang et al.   Journal of Neuroinflammation

Electroacupuncture increased cerebral blood flow and reduced ischemic brain injury: dependence on stimulation intensity and frequency

(2011) Fei Zhou et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY

The Parasympathetic Nervous System in the Quest for Stroke Therapeutics

(2011) Cletus Cheyuo et al.   JOURNAL OF CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW AND METABOLISM

Vagus nerve stimulation reduces infarct size in rat focal cerebral ischemia

(2009) Ilknur Ay et al.   NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS

Measurement of Immediate-Early Gene Activation-c-fosand Beyond

(2008) K. J. Kovács   JOURNAL OF NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

A proposed transpositional acupoint system in a mouse and rat model

(2007) Chang Shik Yin et al.   RESEARCH IN VETERINARY SCIENCE