Research Progress on the Plasticity Mechanism of Synapses in the Treatment of Senile Cognitive Impairment with Electroacupuncture

Senile cognitive dysfunction is a common type of cognitive disorder. Electroacupuncture therapy can effectively improve the degree of senile cognitive dysfunction and delay the development of cognitive disorders from dementia. In recent years, with the deepening research on the mechanism of electroneedle cognitive disorder, synaptic plasticity, as a new entry point, has provided a new idea for the study of the mechanism of electroacupuncture. As an important part of brain plasticity, synaptic plasticity plays an important role in the activities of the nervous system and is of great significance to explore the mechanism of electroacupuncture. By consulting the relevant literature in recent years, the research progress of electroacupuncture regulation of synaptic plasticity in the treatment of senile cognitive disorder is analyzed from the aspects of synaptic structural plasticity, synaptic functional plasticity and expression of synaptic plasticity-related proteins.