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SUBMITTER: Nguyen ATM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8249658 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nguyen Ai T M ATM Quach Tran V B TVB Kotha Peddanna P Chien Szu-Yu SY MacDonald Iona J IJ Lane Hsien-Yuan HY Tu Cheng-Hao CH Lin Jaung-Geng JG Chen Yi-Hung YH
Scientific reports 20210701 1
Acupuncture has been used for treating drug addiction since the 1970s, but little is known about the mechanisms by which acupuncture affects drug cue-induced relapse. The transcription factor delta-FosB (ΔFosB) plays a critical role in behavior and pathology after chronic use of cocaine. ΔFosB regulates glutamate receptor signaling and dendritic spine morphology in animal models. This experimental study compared the effects of electroacupuncture (EA) at acupoints LI4 and LI11 with those of anoth ...[more]