简介：Drugscancauseobviousdamagetothebrain.Toverifytherelationshipbetweenacupuncture,neurotrophicfactorexpressionandbraincellstructuralchanges,thisstudyestablishedaratmodelofheroinrelapseusingintramuscularinjectionofincreasingamountsofheroin.Duringthedetoxificationperiod,ratmodelsreceivedacupunctureatBaihui(DU20)andDazhui(DU14).Electronmicroscopydemonstratedthatthestructureoftheventraltegmentalareainheroinrelapseratsgraduallybecamenormalizedafteracupuncturetreatment.Immunohistochemicalstainingexhibitedthattheexpressionofbrain-derivedneurotrophicfactorandglialcellline-derivedneurotrophicfactorincreasedintheventraltegmentalareafollowingacupuncture.Moreover,theeffectsweresimilartothatofmethadone,atypeofmedicinecalledanopioid.ResultssuggestedthatacupunctureatBaihuiandDazhuiprotectedbrainneuronsagainstinjuryinratswithheroinrelapsebypromotingbrain-derivedneurotrophicfactorandglialcellline-derivedneurotrophicfactorexpression.

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