Spinal Cord Injury

Acupuncture-mediated inhibition of inflammation facilitates significant functional recovery after spinal cord injury

Neurobiology of Disease Volume 39, Issue 3, September 2010, Pages 272–282 Doo C. Choi Abstract Here, we first demonstrated the neuroprotective effect of acupuncture after SCI. Acupuncture applied at two specific acupoints, Shuigou (GV26) and Yanglingquan (GB34) significantly alleviated apoptotic cell death of neurons and oligodendrocytes, thereby leading to improved functional recovery after SCI. Acupuncture […]