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Acupuncture Elicits Neuroprotective Effect by Ameliorating Cognitive Deficits

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Dementia is a global epidemic, with the number of people with dementia steadily increasing worldwide each year. New therapeutic strategies are needed to treat cognitive impairment, to mitigate the growing demands this syndrome is placing on health and long-term care providers as the world’s population ages. Increasing scientific evidence indicates that acupuncture may be a clinically effective intervention for people with cognitive impairment. In this study, we describe how acupuncture shows significant neuroprotective activity in the hippocampus of rodent models with impaired learning and memory ability. The evidence suggests that acupuncture may improve cognitive function in neurodegenerative diseases.

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This work was supported by the grants from China Medical University, (CMU103-SR-33) and the National Science Council in Taiwan (NSC 102-2320-B-039-019, MOST 103-2815-C-039-033-B).

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Liu, HP., Lin, JG. (2018). Acupuncture Elicits Neuroprotective Effect by Ameliorating Cognitive Deficits. In: Lin, JG. (eds) Experimental Acupuncturology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0971-7_10

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