1. China Ministry of Health. China statistical yearbook of public health Beijing: Peking Union Medical College Press; 2013:114.
2. Tao J, Xue XH, Chen LD, Yang SL, Jiang M, Gao YL, et al. Electroacupuncture improves neurological deficits and enhances proliferation and differentiation of endogenous nerve stem cells in rats with focal cerebral ischemia. Neurol Res 2010;32:198–204.
3. Li XH, Wang HB, Xu LL, Song XL, Zheng LH, Yu W, et al. Effect of preventive acupuncture and moxibustion at “Guanyuan” (CV4) on the expression of HSP 70 and HSP 70 mRNA in spleen and the contents of serum IL22, TNF2α in menopausal rats. Acupunct Res (Chin) 2009;34:83–88.
4. Duan LJ, Zhu HY, Li HP. The influence of TNF-α and IL-1β by different eletroacupuncture intensity on acute cerebral ischemia reperfusion in rats. J Xinjiang Med Univ (Chin) 2012;35:604–607.
5. Longa EZ, Weinstein PR, Carlson S, Cummins R. Reversible middle cerebral artery occlusion without craniectomy in rats. Stroke 1989;20:84–91.