Table 2.
Changes of microRNAs by acupuncture treatment in the neurological disorder animal model.
| Disease model | Author | Year | Species | EA/MA | Acupoint | Acupuncture Parameters | Tissue | Result |
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| Nerve injury | Zhu et al. | 2017 | Rat | EA | GV6, GV9 | 1 mA | Spinal cord | ↓ miR-449a |
| Su et al. | 2016 | Mouse | EA | GB34, ST36 | 20 Hz, 1 mA, 15 min | Muscle | ↑ miR-1, miR-206 | |
| Liu et al. | 2017 | Rat | EA | GV6, GV9 | 60 Hz, ≤ 1 mA, 20 min | Brain (hippocampus) | ↑ miR-214 | |
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| Cognitive and Mood disorder | Liu et al. | 2017 | Rat | EA | GV20, GV24 | 1 Hz/20 Hz, 0.2 mA, 30 min | Brain | ↓ miR-134 |
| Duan et al. | 2016 | Rat | EA | EX-HN3, GV20 | 2 Hz, 1 mA, 20 min | Blood serum | ↑ miR-1, ↓ miR-383, miR-764 | |
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| Denervation-induced muscle atrophy | Su et al. | 2015 | Mouse | EA | GB34, ST36 | 20 Hz, 1 mA, 15 min | Muscle | ↑ miR-1, miR-206, miR-133a, miR-133b |
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| Insomnia | Bo et al. | 2017 | Rat | MA | EX-HN3, GV9, GV14 | 15 min | Brain (prefrontal cortex, hypothalamus, and hippocampus) | ↑ miR-101a |
EA; electroacupuncture, MA; manual acupuncture.