针刺任督脉穴位促进脑缺血后神经再生的研究近况(英文)

Research advances in treatment of cerebral ischemic injury by acupuncture of conception and governor vessels to promote nerve regeneration

脑缺血是针灸治疗的常见病症之一,近年来相关研究表明针刺任督脉经穴对脑缺血损伤后神经修复具有积极作用。针刺具有持续促进脑内神经干细胞增殖与分化,明显上调脑内生长因子的表达,促进血管新生及抗细胞凋亡等效应,值得进行深入的实验与临床研究。本文就脑缺血损伤后病理机制及针刺任督脉干预后效应等进行系统的整理,并对进一步的针刺研究提出展望。

Cerebral ischemia is one of the most common diseases treated by acupuncture therapeutics. Recent studies indicated that acupuncture treatment by needling the conception and governor vessels had positive effects in promoting neural regeneration in patients after cerebral ischemia injury. Acupuncture intervention could continuously promote the proliferation and differentiation of the neural stem cells in the brain, obviously up-regulate expression of growth factors, accelerate angiogenesis and inhibit apoptosis. Hence, it is necessary to present an exhaustive review on the mechanisms. The present review gives a detailed description of pathological changes of cerebral ischemia and acupuncture intervention applied to the conception and governor vessels, and proposes research prospects in the future.