Progress of animal research on electro-acupuncture treatment for depression(△)

Chin Med Sci J. 2014 Mar;29(1):43-7. doi: 10.1016/s1001-9294(14)60023-7.

Abstract

This paper summarized the Chinese literatures in the previous 5 years about the pre-clinical animal researches on the application of electro-acupuncture (EA) treatment for depression, searched in China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI). The efficiency of EA treatment for depression and the mechanism of it were discussed, to shed light on new ideas and new fronts for the further research on depression in clinical or pre-clinical fields.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animal Experimentation
  • Animals
  • Antidepressive Agents, Second-Generation / administration & dosage
  • Antidepressive Agents, Second-Generation / therapeutic use
  • Behavior, Animal / physiology
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Depression / drug therapy
  • Depression / metabolism
  • Depression / psychology
  • Depression / therapy*
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Electroacupuncture / methods*
  • Fluoxetine / administration & dosage
  • Fluoxetine / therapeutic use
  • Medicine, Chinese Traditional
  • Stress, Psychological / drug therapy
  • Stress, Psychological / metabolism
  • Stress, Psychological / psychology
  • Stress, Psychological / therapy*

Substances

  • Antidepressive Agents, Second-Generation
  • Fluoxetine