Molecular Imaging in Traditional Chinese Medicine Therapy for Neurological Diseases

Table 1

Traditional Chinese medicine therapy in neurological disease models of animal or human.

TCM type	Drug or acupoints	Disease models	Therapy time (days)	Functional outcome	References
CHM	BHD	MCAO (rats)	14	Enhanced neurological recovery	[6]
		CI/R (mice)	14	Improved functional recovery	[7]
	CIG	AD (rats)	28	Promoted neuronal survival and brain repair; Attenuated neurological symptoms	[8]
	Triptolide	PD (rats)	24	And inflammatory reactivity	[11]
ACU	ST36, SP6	PD (mice)	13	Protected the nigrostriatal system	[12]
	CV6, 12, 17,; SP10, ST36	AD (mice)	15	Improved cognitive deficits, reduced neurons loss	[13]
CUP	BL, GV	PD (human)	30	Attenuated neurological symptoms	[14]

CHM: Chinese herb medicine; ACU: acupuncture; CUP: cupping; BHD: Bu-yang Huan-wu decoction; CIG: cornel iridoid glycoside; ST36: Zusanli; SP6: Sanyinjiao; CV6: Qihai; CV12: Zhongwan; CV17: Tanzhong; SP10: bilateral Xuehai; BL: Bladder meridian or channel of foot greater Yang; GV: governor vessel; MCAO: middle cerebral artery occlusion; CI/R: middle cerebral ischemic/reperfusion; AD: Alzheimer’s disease; PD: Parkinson’s disease.