Research Article
Effect of Electroacupuncture on Rat Ischemic Brain Injury: Importance of Stimulation Duration
Table 1
EA period-dependent protection against ischemic injury.
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versus Ischemia. ** versus Ischemia. ▲ versus EA-45 min. Note that EA significantly reduced the infarct volume, neurological deficit, and death rate and this protective effect became better and better when the length of EA increased from 5 to 30 minutes. However, EA for 45 mins did not improve the neurological deficit and infarct volume and even increased the death rate. |