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Effects of Hominis Placenta Pharmacopuncture and Electroacupuncture Neuroprotection in Contused Spinal Cord of Rats  

Kim, Eun-Jung (Department of Physical Therapy, Dongshin University)
Kim, Gye-Yeop (Department of Physical Therapy, Dongshin University)
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Journal of Physiology & Pathology in Korean Medicine / v.25, no.2, 2011 , pp. 257-263 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was designed to investigate the effects of Hominis placenta pharmacopuncture treatment and electroacupuncture therapy on the functional recovery and histological change, protein expression in spinal cord injury(SCI) rats. Experimental groups were divided into the Group I(normal control rat), Group II(Non-treatment after spinal cord injury induction), Group III(Hominis placenta pharmacopuncture treatment after SCI induction), Group IV (Electroacupuncture therapy after SCI induction), Group V(Hominis placenta pharmacopuncture treatment and electroacupuncture therapy after SCI induction). After operation, rats were tested at modified Tarlov test at 1 to 3 days with divided into 4 groups, and motor behavior test(BBB locomotor rating scale, Grid walk test) was examined at 3, 7, 14, and 21 days. For the observation of damage change and size of the organized surface in muscle and spinal cord, histopathological studies were performed at 21 days by H & E stain, and BDNF & NT-3 protein expression studies were performed at 21 days. Acco rding to the results, Hominis placenta pharmacopuncture treatment and electroacupuncture therapy can play a role in facilitating recovery of locomotion following spinal cord injury. Specially, Hominis placenta pharmacopuncture treatment and electroacupuncture combimed therapy after SCI induction was most improvement in functional recovery, BDNF, and NT-3 protein synthesis.
Keywords
spinal cord injury; Hominis placenta pharmacopuncture; electroacupuncture; locomotor behavioral test;
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