Electroacupuncture in the Contralesional Hemisphere Improves Neurological Function Involving GABA in Ischemia–Reperfusion Injury Rats

Table 2

The effect of electroacupuncture on neurological status and infarction volume in ischemia-reperfusion injury rats.

	Group
	Normal (N  = 12)	Sham (N  = 12)	EA (N  = 12)
Neurological deficit score
D3	0.00 (0.00, 0.00)	7.00 (7.00, 8.00)	7.00 (7.00, 8.00)
D15	0.00 (0.00, 0.00)	7.00 (7.00, 7.00)	4.00 (3.00, 4.00)
Day 14–day 3	0.00 (0.00, 0.00)	0.00 (−1.00, 0.00)	−4.00 (−4.00, −3.00)
Rotarod test
D3	85.92 (81.54, 133.56)	34.22 (28.31, 42.77)	37.52 (32.72, 42.73)
D15	91.78 (88.78, 105.34)	38.35 (28.97, 42.43)	84.10 (76.83, 92.43)
D15–D3	2.57 (−7.93, 7.78)	3.53 (−0.39, 7.48)	44.80 (41.69, 54.13)
Passive avoidance test
D3	226.40 (33.43, 300.00)	300.00 (243.60, 300.00)	300.00 (138.90, 300.00)
D15	167.00 (16.40, 300.00)	49.00 (16.80, 276.93)	271.75 (114.68, 300.00)
D15–D3	−8.05 (−53.55, 10.05)	−168.75 (−275.85, −8.25)	−28.25 (−135.43, 0.00)
Infarction volume
Ratio (N = 6)	0.00 ± 0.00	0.19 ± 0.04	0.07 ± 0.04

Data are represented as median (Q1, Q3) or mean ± standard deviation. Normal: normal group; Sham: sham group; EA: electroacupuncture group; D3: 3^rd day after reperfusion; D15 : 15^th day after reperfusion; D15–D3: the difference between the 15^th day and 3^rd day; , , and compared to normal; , , and compared to sham.