Electroacupuncture attenuated cerebral ischemic injury and neuroinflammation through α7nAChR-mediated inhibition of NLRP3 inflammasome in stroke rats

• Main Authors: Tao Jiang (Author), Meiyan Wu (Author), Zhanqin Zhang (Author), Chaoying Yan (Author), Zhi Ma (Author), Shan He (Author), Wei Yuan (Author), Kairui Pu (Author), Qiang Wang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Our previous research confirmed that electroacupuncture (EA) stimulus elicits neuroprotective effects against cerebral ischemic injury through α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (α7nAChR)-mediated inhibition of high-mobility group box 1 release mechanism. This study investigated...