PET cerebral imaging in vascular dementia patients needled at DU20, DU26 and HT7

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Chen J, Huang Y, Wang SX, Li QS, Liang YJ, Guo YN. [18FDG PET

cerebral function imaging in 10 vascular dementia patients receiving

needling at Baihui(DU20), Shuigou(DU26) and Shenmen(HT7)] [Article in

Chinese] Nan Fang Yi Ke Da Xue Xue Bao. 2006 May;26(5):610-2.

Department of Traditional , Southern Medical University,

Guangzhou 510515, China. liuchengjing OBJECTIVE: To

observe the effect of needling at Baihui(DU20), Shuigou(DU26) and

Shenmen(HT7) on glucose metabolism in different regions of the brain in

vascular dementia patients. METHODS: Ten patients with vascular

dementia were randomized into 2 groups, and the patients in the control

group received the treatment with needling in the routine acupoints for

hemiplegia (chosen from 6 Yang meridians of the hand and foot), while

those in treatment group received needling at 3 additional acupoints,

namely Baihui(DU20), Shuigou(DU26) and Shenmen(HT7), which were

specific for dementia treatment. All the patients were examined by positron-

emission tomography(PET) to detect the glucose metabolism in different

brain regions before and after acupuncture treatment by means of

semiquantitative analysis of the average values of radioactive count in the

brain regions. RESULTS: Needling at the additional 3 acupoints could

obviously enhance glucose metabolism in the bilateral frontal lobes, bilateral

thalamus, temporal lobe and lentiform nucleus on the uncompromised side.

CONCLUSION: The effect of needling at Baihui(DU20), Shuigou(DU26) and

Shenmen(HT7) on vascular dementia is closely related to improved

cerebral glucose metabolism. PMID: 16762862 [PubMed - in process]

 

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