Table 1.

Effect of electroacupuncture (EA) on cerebral infarct and neurological deficits in ischemia–reperfusion-injured rats.

	Group
	Normal	Control	Sham	EA1	EA2
I/H ratio	0.00 ± 0.00	0.73 ± 0.05∗	0.72 ± 0.04∗	0.23 ± 0.19∗#¶†	0.70 ± 0.06∗
mNSS
Day 1	0.0 ± 0.0	7.4 ± 0.7∗	7.2 ± 0.4∗	7.1 ± 0.3∗	7.1 ± 0.3∗
Day 4	0.0 ± 0.0	6.7 ± 0.8∗	6.5 ± 0.5∗	4.3 ± 0.9∗#¶	4.8 ± 0.9∗#¶
Day 8	0.0 ± 0.0	6.4 ± 0.7∗	6.2 ± 0.8∗	3.2 ± 0.7∗#¶†	4.2 ± 0.8∗#¶
RRT
Day 4	169.1 ± 20.9	41.8 ± 13.7∗	58.4 ± 12.8∗	126.7 ± 38.3∗#¶†	91.5 ± 22.1∗#¶
Day 8	183.3 ± 13.9	49.8 ± 15.9∗	64.3 ± 18.7∗	156.7 ± 46.0∗#¶†	117.0 ± 23.7#¶

Data represent mean ± standard deviation. Normal: normal group; Control: control group; Sham: sham group; EA1: 2 Hz electroacupuncture treatment group; EA2: 15 Hz electroacupuncture group; I/H: infarction/hemisphere ratio; mNSS: modified neurological severity score; RRT: rotarod test; ^∗p < 0.001 compared with Normal; ^#p < 0.05 compared with Control; ^¶p < 0.05 compared with Sham; ^†p < 0.05 compared with EA2; Day 1: 24 hours after reperfusion; Day 4: four days after reperfusion; Day 8: eight days after reperfusion; repeated measures analysis of variance, followed by Tukey's test.