Effect of cranio-electroacupuncture on streroxidative in a model of chronic malnutrition.

Acupuncture is a therapeutic modality of Traditional Chinese Medicine, which has been practiced for thousands of years. It is currently endorsed by the World Health Organization for the treatment of various pathologies. In recent times, electroacupuncture (EA) has emerged as a new form of stimulation, where through pulses of electric current specific sites of the body are stimulated in order to achieve a therapeutic benefit.Different studies have shown that acupuncture exerts neuroprotective effects on different experimental conditions (Wang et al.. 2014), It has also been shown that part of its therapeutic effects are associated with the restoration of redox balance (Zeng et al., 2014; Yu et al., 2010). In this study, the effect of EA applied to the Huato points, located on the dorsum of the lumbar region as well as on the skull, on the levels of hydroxyl radicals (OH) and malondialdehyde (indicators of oxidative stress) in brain and spinal cord samples from normo fed and chronically malnourished rats was analyzed.