Acupuncture Regulates Biochemical Signaling to Alleviate Depression
Acupuncture stimulation at acupoints GV20 and Yintang significantly alleviated depression-like behavior in a chronic unpredictable mild stress (CUMS) model of depression in rats, according to a 2025 review conducted by researchers at Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. The results demonstrated that EA upregulated brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), TrkB, and tissue-type plasminogen activator (tPA) expression […]