[3P] 76 Movement Disorders

[3P-478] Central role of hypothalamic circuits for acupuncture's anti-parkinsonian effects

*Hyowon Lee^1,2, Ju-Young Oh^2,3, Sun-Young Jang^2,3, Hyunjin Kim^1,4, Geunhong Park¹, Almas Serikov¹, Jae-Hwan Jang^2,3, Junyeop Kim⁵, Seulkee Yang¹, Moonsun Sa⁶, Young-Eun Han¹, Sharon Jiyoon Jung⁷, Seung Eun Lee⁸, Soo-Jin Oh¹, Jeongjin Kim¹, Jongpil Kim⁵, Thomas J. McHugh⁹, C. Justin Lee⁶, Min-Ho Nam^1,4, Hi-Joon Park^2,3,4 (1. Brain Science Institute, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, Korea, 2. College of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea, 3. Studies of Translational Acupuncture Research (STAR), Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea, 4. Department of KHU-KIST Convergence Science and Technology, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea, 5. Laboratory of Stem Cells & Cell reprogramming, Department of Chemistry, Dongguk University, Seoul, Korea, 6. Center for Cognition and Sociality, Institute for Basic Science, Daejeon, Korea, 7. Technological Convergence Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, Korea, 8. Research Animal Resource Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, Korea, 9. Laboratory for Circuit and Behavioral Physiology, RIKEN, Wako-shi, Japan)

Keywords:Acupuncture, Melanin concentrating hormone (MCH), Parkinson’s disease (PD), Neural circuitry