This site uses cookies to measure how you use the website so it can be updated and improved based on your needs and also uses cookies to help remember the notifications you’ve seen, like this one, so that we don’t show them to you again. If you could also tell us a little bit about yourself, this information will help us understand how we can support you better and make this site even easier for you to use and navigate.

This database contains 42 studies, archived under the term: "China"

Click here to filter this large number of results.

Effect of three-line puncture on the Governor Vessel and Bladder Meridian on head on cognitive function of vascular dementia patients

Objective: To verify the therapeutic effect of vascular dementia treated with three-line puncture on the Governor Vessel and Bladder Meridian on head.; Methods: Sixty cases were randomly divided into a head-line puncture group and a routine acupuncture group, 30 cases in each group. In head-line puncture group, line puncture was applied on three lines of […]

Effect of acupuncture in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer disease: a functional MRI study

We aim to clarify the mechanisms of acupuncture in treating mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer disease (AD) by using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Thirty-six right-handed subjects (8 MCI patients, 14 AD patients, and 14 healthy elders) participated in this study. Clinical and neuropsychological examinations were performed on all the subjects. MRI data acquisition […]

Cognitive Improvement during Treatment for Mild Alzheimer’s Disease with a Chinese Herbal Formula: A Randomized Controlled Trial

OBJECTIVES: To explore the efficacy of Chinese herbal formula compared with donepezil 5 mg/day in patients with mild Alzheimer’s disease (AD). METHODS: Patients with mild AD meeting the criteria were randomized into Chinese herbal formula Yishen Huazhuo decoction (YHD) group and donepezil hydrochloride (DH) group during the 24-week trial. The outcomes were measured by ADAS-cog, […]

Clinical rehabilitative effect of memantine on cognitive and motor disorders in patients with Parkinson’s disease

Objective: To study the effects of memantine on cognitive and motor impairment in patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD).; Methods: A total of 55 PD patients complicated by varying degrees of cognitive impairment were randomly divided into two groups. The patients of experimental group (n = 28) received memantine (20 mg/d) while those in the control […]

Effects of donepezil treatment on platelets α and β secretase activities in Alzheimer’s disease patients

Objective: To explore the effects of donepezil on the activities of platelet α and β secretases in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) patients.; Methods: During the period of 2007 – 2010, a total of 76 AD patients received either regular treatment alone or in combination with donepezil (5 mg/d) for a 12-week period. And their effects on […]

Impacts of moxibustion on vascular dementia and neuropeptide substance content in cerebral spinal fluid

Objective: To observe the effects of moxibustion therapy on the improvements of clinical symptom scale score and neuropeptide substance in vascular dementia (VD) and investigate a part of mechanism of moxibustion on Vd.; Methods: Eighty-seven cases of VD were divided randomly into a moxibustion group (43 cases) and a western medicine group (44 cases). In […]

Influence of acupuncture on isoprostane in patients with Alzheimer’s disease

Objective: To explore the clinical therapeutic effect of acupuncture on Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and its mechanism.; Methods: Twenty patients with Alzheimer’s disease were treated by acupuncture with reinforcing kidney and activating blood method for 12 weeks and Baihui (GV 20), Shenshu (BL 23), Xuehai (SP 10) and Geshu (BL 17) were selected. The clinical therapeutic […]

A prospective multicenter randomized double-blinded controlled clinical trial on effects of tiantai no.1 in treating mild cognitive impairment

Objective: To observe the clinical effectiveness and safety of Tiantai No. 1 (TT1) in treating mild cognitive impairment (MCI).; Methods: With randomized double-blinded method adopted, the 128 MCI patients, selected according to the commonly accepted standard for MCI diagnosis, were assigned to 2 groups, the treatment group (65 cases) treated with TT1 and the control […]

Effects of moxibustion at head-points on levels of somatostatin and arginine vasopressin from cerebrospinal fluid in patients with vascular dementia: a randomized controlled trial

Background: There are obvious changes in neuropeptides from plasma and cerebrospinal fluid in patients with vascular dementia (VaD), and regulating the levels of neuropeptides is a key for prevention and treatment of VaD.; Objective: To observe the clinical efficacy of moxibustion at head-points in treatment of vascular dementia (VaD), and assess its effects on memory-related […]

Effect of CYP2D6*10 and APOE polymorphisms on the efficacy of donepezil in patients with Alzheimer’s disease

Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of CYP2D6*10 and APOE polymorphisms on both steady-state plasma concentrations (Cp) and clinical response of donepezil in patients with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer’s disease (AD).; Methods: A total of 110 Chinese AD patients participated in this study. Patients were treated with 5 to 10 mg of […]

Try searching our database by another keyword...

To make a new query of the database, please enter your search terms below: