Acupuncture may alleviate neuropathic pain by increasing antioxidant enzyme levels such as superoxide dismutase, which reduces oxidative stress, also by suppressing glycosylation end-products linked to nerve damage and by enhancing local blood flow and neural tissue supply, facilitating repair processes [150]
To do this, he is looking into methods to increase the ability of the brain to neutralise ROS, such as boosting levels of the ROS scavenger glutathione
Rey F, Berardo C, Maghraby E, Mauri A, Messa L, Esposito L, Casili G, Ottolenghi S, Bonaventura E, Cuzzocrea S, Zuccotti G, Tonduti D, Esposito E, Paterniti I, Cereda C, Carelli S (2023) Redox imbalance in neurological disorders in adults and children
The injection site may feel tender after treatment
Drug-resistant breast carcinoma (MCF-7) cells are paradoxically sensitive to apoptosis
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