12 of cerebral infarction cases were randomly divided into 2 groups.
Neiguan (PC6) Luo-Connecting Point the Eight Confluent Point,
Shuigou (GV26),
Fengchi (GB20),
Sanyinjiao (SP6),
Yinlingquan (SP9) He-Sea Point and
Taichong (LR3) Shu-Stream, Yuan-Source Point were selected for the Xing Nao kai Qiao group (7 cases);
Hegu (LI4) Yuan-Source Point, 11,
Zusanli (ST36) He-Sea Point,
Yanglingquan (GB34) He-Sea Point, Influential Point of Tendon and 39 were selected for the routine acupuncture group (5 cases). PET-CT was used to observe the local cerebral glucose metabolism.
Results: The cerebral regions activated in the Xing Nao kai Qiao group included infarction center, gyrus temporalis superior, thalamus, gyrus temporalis inferior, gyrus rectus, insula, lateral occipital lobe, parietal lobe and cerebellum, and in the routine acupuncture group included gyrus frontalis inferior, caudate nucleus, cingulated gyrus, hippocampus, precuneus and parietal lobe.
Conclusion: PET is very suitable for exploring acupuncture mechanism in treatment of cerebral infarction, and further shows the specificity of acupoints-brain functional region.
Key Words: PET study, different points, glucose metabolism, cerebral infarction
Writer: Xiangyu Zhang, Shao Gao, Jianguo Zhao, Li Cai, Jiping Pang, Mingxia Lu
The first affiliated Hospital of Tianjin University of TCM, Tianjin 300193, China
General Hospital of Tanjin Medical University
Tianjin Pharmaceutical groups
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