- P-ISSN 1010-0695
- E-ISSN 2288-3339
(Objective) Acupuncture and herbal medicine have been used to prevent and treat the cerebrovascular accident, such as a stroke, and many studies of acupuncture and moxibustion concerning to the stroke have been undertaken in the human and various animals. However, it was not published the protective effect of the electroacupuncture (EA) of Huan-do (GB30) on the transient forebrain ischemia injury.(Methods) The neuroprotective effects of EA (2 ms, 10 Hz, and 1 - 2 mA) of GB30 on the transient forebrain ischemia injury were investigated by immunohistochemistry of c-Fos like protein in Sprague-Dawley rats. (Results) The transient forebrain ischemia injury resulted in increased expression of c-Fos like protein (cFL) in the dentate gyrus (DG) and CA1 for 6 hrs after ischemia, and EA increased significantly expression of cFL in the CA1 and DG. For 48 hrs after, there was delayed expression of cFL at the CA1 and DG, representing the sign of neuronal cell death, but EA decreased the delayed expression of cFL, significantly. (Conclusion) These results suggest that the neuroprotective effects of EA on transient forebrain ischemia injury may be related to excitatory regulation of cFL at the early stage and inhibitory regulation at the long term.