Department of Neurobiology and Acupuncture Research, The Third Clinical Medical College, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Key Laboratory of Acupuncture and Neurology of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China

Received 19 July 2023 Accepted 23 October 2023.

Graphical Abstract: https://links.lww.com/WNR/A720

*Yubo Lin, Lin Gan and Li Ren contributed equally to the writing of this article.

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Correspondence to Xianming Lin, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Key Laboratory of Acupuncture and Neurology of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China, Tel: +8618958077816; fax: +86057686412200; e-mail: [email protected]