Acupuncture therapy has been used to treat substance abuse. This study aims to review
experimental studies examining the effects of acupuncture on addiction. Research and …

Excessive alcohol intake leads to mesostriatal neuroadaptations, and to addiction
phenotypes. We recently found in rodents that alcohol increases fibroblast growth factor 2 …

Background Behavioral sensitization induced by repeated ethanol (E t OH) exposure may
play a critical role in the development of alcohol dependence. Because recent data …

Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a common medical and social problem, affecting about 240
million people in the world. To address this major health concern, the currently available …

Chronic drug exposure and drug withdrawal induce expressive neuronal plasticity which
could be considered as both functional and pathological responses. It is well established …

Background There is a close relationship between the endocannabinoid system and
alcoholism. This study investigated possible differential expression of cannabinoid receptors …

The aims of this study were to characterize the protective profile of electroacupuncture (EA)
on cocaine‐induced seizures and mortality in mice. Mice were treated with EA (2 Hz, 50 Hz …

CB1R play a role in alcohol withdrawal and in some effects of acupuncture. Interestingly,
acupuncture has been used to alleviate alcohol withdrawal. Here, we investigated …

This review systematically assessed the clinical evidence for and against acupuncture as a
treatment for drug addiction. The existing scientific rationale and possible mechanisms for …

Electroacupuncture (EA) therapy has widely been accepted as a useful therapeutic
technique with low risk in the clinical setting for prevention from cardiac disease. However …