Zhen Ci Yan Jiu. 1996 ; 21(4): 50-3.

[Electro-acupuncture effects on experimental spinal cord injury of the cat as evaluated by acid phosphatase detection]

Jin Z, Tao Z, Ren W, Du X.

Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, China Academy of TCM, Beijing.

The spinal cords of adult cats were injured at about L1 level by using Allen's method and the animals were divided randomly into 2 groups: a) electro-acupuncture treatment group and b) control group. The acid phosphatase (ACP) was detected at 3 and 7 days after spinal cord injury. The more ACP positive labelings were found in the treatment group than in the control group at both 3 (P < 0.05) and 7 days (P < 0.01) after injury. The results suggested that electro-acupuncture could increase the concentration of ACP of the injured spinal cord and the increased ACP concentration could make worse to the injured spinal cord at early time and improve regeneration during recovery period.