Electroacupuncture has been demonstrated in the lab to be able to significantly restore learning and memory impairment induced by diabetes and cerebral ischemia.
The study was done by the institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion of Beijings Academy of Medical Science.
Previuos investigations have demonstrated that elctroacupunctural stimulation can ameliorate primary and secondary symptoms such as peripheral neuropathy and diabetic encephalopathy in diabetic rats.
In this study, the Chinese researchers investigated wether electroacupuncture could improve learning and memory which was typically impaired in diabetic rats with cerebral ischemia.
After the electroacupuncture tteatment, the long-term potentiation (LTP) impaired by both diabetes and cerebral ischemia was restored significantly.
What is LTP? In Neuroscience, it is the longlasting improvement in comunication betweem two neurons that results from stimulating them simultaniously.
(Neuroscience Volume 443, Issue 3, 10 October 2008, pages 193-198)
About Me
- Robert Vandevelde
- Javea, Alicante, Spain
- I graduated from Acupuncture Colleges Sydney in 1982 and have been in private practice since.I have also been a lecturer at said college and internationally for a number of years as well as a board member of the Australian Acupuncture and Chinese medicine Association (AACMA)including 2 terms as national president. Moved to Spain in 2001 and set up practice in Javea and Moraira (Alicante) Modalities: Acupuncture, Chinese herbs, manipulative therapy and veterinary Acupuncture. Fellow AACMA. Honorary member Acupuncture Ethics and Standards Organization. Active member World Federation of Acupuncture Societies.
