[Effect of Manual Acupuncture Intervention on Levels of 5-HTT, 5-HTR, NEαR of Brain Tissues in Rats with Post-stroke Depression].

Objective: To observe the effect of manual acupuncture intervention on serotonin transporter (5-HTT), 5-HT 1 A receptor (5-HTR), norepinephrine (NE) alpha receptor 2 (NEαR) protein of brain tissues in rats with post-stroke depression (PSD).

Methods: Forty SD rats were randomly divided into normal group, model group, medication group and acupuncture group, with 10 rats in each. The PSD model was established by the combination of middle cerebral artery occlusion and chronic non- predictable mild stress.

[Acupuncture and drug for subcortical ischemic vascular disease complicated with depression: a randomized controlled trial].

Objective: To explore the difference in the efficacy and effect mechanism of subcortical ischemic vascular disease (SIVD) complicated with depression between acupuncture and medication.

Methods: Sixty patients were randomized-into an acupuncture group and a medication group, 30 cases in each one. In the acupuncture group, acupuncture was applied to Baihui (GV 20), Shuigou (GV 26), Fengfu (GV 16), Fengchi (GB 20) and the others, once a day, 6 times a week.