The Third Affiliated Hospital of Beijng University of Chinese Medicine

2 ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN JoVE

Behavior

Analysis of Learning and Memory Ability in an Alzheimer's Disease Mouse Model using the Morris Water Maze

Huiling Tian¹, Ning Ding², Mengwei Guo¹, Shun Wang¹, Zidong Wang¹, Hao Liu¹, Jiayi Yang¹, Yujie Li³, Jingyu Ren¹, Jing Jiang⁴, Zhigang Li¹

¹School of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Tuina, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, ²Guang'anmen Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Science, ³The Third Affiliated Hospital of Beijng University of Chinese Medicine, ⁴School of Nursing, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine

Herein, a protocol to conduct the Morris water maze tests to evaluate the ability of learning and memory of Alzheimer’s Disease model mice and to assess the effect of manual acupuncture for treating them is described.

Medicine

Aggravation of Myocardial Ischemia upon Particulate Matter Exposure in Atherosclerosis Animal Model

Yuanmin Yang^*1, Shuoqiu Deng^*1, Shuiqing Qu¹, Yu Zhang¹, Zhongyuan Zheng¹, Lina Chen¹, Yujie Li¹

¹China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences

This protocol describes a composite animal model with exposure to particulate matter (PM) that aggravates myocardial ischemia with atherosclerosis.