title: Electroacupuncture on the head points for improving gnosia in patients with vascular dementia.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the clinical effects of electroacupuncture (EA) on the head points for improving gnosia in patients with vascular dementia (VD).
  
  
  METHODS
  90 VD patients were randomly divided into a drug group, an EA group and an EA plus drug group. Scoring with the MMSE scale and detecting the relevant potentials were done before treatment and after a 6-week treatment.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Gnosia was improved after treatment in all the three groups with no significant difference by the intergroup comparison.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The above three therapies can all improve gnosia, reduce the psychological stress, strengthen attention and shorten the awaiting time for recognition; and EA plus Nimodipine seems to be the best in the curative effect.
authors.affiliation: College of Acupuncture and Massage, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu 610075, China.
authors.forename: Ling
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Zhong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Jiao
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D015669:Acupuncture Points; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015140:Dementia, Vascular / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D015671:Electroacupuncture; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010465:Perception; D021641:Recognition, Psychology