title: Research advances in treatment of cerebral ischemic injury by acupuncture of conception and governor vessels to promote nerve regeneration.
abstract: Cerebral ischemia is one of the most common diseases treated by acupuncture therapeutics. Recent studies indicated that acupuncture treatment by needling the conception and governor vessels had positive effects in promoting neural regeneration in patients after cerebral ischemia injury. Acupuncture intervention could continuously promote the proliferation and differentiation of the neural stem cells in the brain, obviously up-regulate expression of growth factors, accelerate angiogenesis and inhibit apoptosis. Hence, it is necessary to present an exhaustive review on the mechanisms. The present review gives a detailed description of pathological changes of cerebral ischemia and acupuncture intervention applied to the conception and governor vessels, and proposes research prospects in the future.
authors.affiliation: Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. dalexisu@126.com
authors.forename: Zhuo-xin
authors.initials: ZX
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Peng-dian
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Hai-bo
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Wen-shu
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Yong-gang
authors.initials: YG
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pi
authors.forename: Jun-hua
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: Yong-feng
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Shao-yun
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Yan-hua
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Gou
mesh_terms: D015669:Acupuncture Points; D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D009416:Nerve Regeneration