Figure 5
Acupuncture treatment at GB 34 improves exercise performance and protects dopamine neurons in PD mouse.
(a) The TH-positive neurons in the SNpc and the TH-positive fibers in the striatum. Scale bar: 200 μm; inset: striatum. (b) Photograph for mice undergoing rota-rod testing. (c) The overall rod performance (ORP) scores for mice in each group (n = 8). (d) TH-positive neurons counts in the mouse SNpc in each group. (e) The optical density of TH-positive fibers in the mouse striatum in each group (n = 5). (f) Immunohistochemistry staining of c-fos in the striatum. (g) The number of c-fos positive cells in the striatum (n = 5). (h) The level of dopamine in the striatum. (i) Immunoblot for proteins involved in synaptic transmission in the striatum. (j) The optical density of synaptic Proteins. In all panels,*P < 0.01, **P < 0.01 compared with SG. #P < 0.05, ##P < 0.01 compared with PG.
