CAJ | 학술논문

objective to detect the content of monoamine neurotransmitters in hippocampus, cortex, basal nucleus and the brainstem of newborn rats with cerebral palsy, to observe the effects of acupuncture on monoamine neurotransmitters, and to explore the mechanism of acupuncture treatment to newborn rats with cerebral palsy. Methods using the method of hypoxic ischemic to make the model of newborn rats with cerebral palsy,decapitating brain after giving acupuncture treatment, separating the required brain regions, and detecting the content of monoamine neurotransmitters with speetrophotometer.Results Compared with the sham operation group, the content of dopamine (DA), 5-Hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) in basal nucleus area of newborn rats with cerebral palsy, and norepinephrine (NE) in Brainstem area decreased significantly(P<0.05), which elevated ignificantly(P<0.05)afler acupuncture treatment. Conclusion it indicated that to improve the ontent of monoamine neurotransmitters in related brain areas may be one of the mechanisms in the acupuncture treatment of newborn rats with cerebral paraly.