Transcutaneous Electrical Acupoint Stimulation in Early Life Changes Synaptic Plasticity and Improves Symptoms in a Valproic Acid-Induced Rat Model of Autism

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TEAS in early life would repair the deficit of spine pruning on VPA rats in S1 neurons. (a) Representative images of dendritic spines from mPFC, CA1, and S1 neurons (). (b) The spine density of mPFC in PND42 (one-way ANOVA). (c) The spine density of CA1 in PND42 (one-way ANOVA). (d) The spine density of primary somatosensory cortex (S1) in PND42 (one-way ANOVA, rats for each group, nine neurons per rat). Data was presented as . , , .

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