title: [Pondering in-situ induction of endogenous neural stem cells in hippocampus of rats with Alzheimer disease by acupuncture].
abstract: Analysis of domestic and overseas literature on the relationship between Alzheimer disease (AD) and neural stem cells (NSC) shows that inducing the proliferation and differentiation of hippocampal endogenous NSC in-situ by acupuncture is probably the mechanism of acupuncture therapy in treating AD, and that it may further improve the method for the research on AD.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biomedical Engineering, West China Center of Medical Science, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province 610041, China. tangyongcn2001@yahoo.com.cn
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Hai-Yan
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.forename: Fang
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zeng
authors.forename: Shu-Guang
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Yu
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000628:therapy*; D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D009473:Neuronal Plasticity; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology; D051381:Rats; D013234:Stem Cells / Q000502:physiology*