Up to now

in the treatment of stroke patients by acupuncture therapy

three main representative achievements involving scalp acupuncture intervention

"Xing Nao Kai Qiao"(restoring consciousness and inducing resuscitation)acupuncture technique and nape acupuncture therapy have been got.Regarding their neurobiological mechanisms

the scalp acupuncture therapy is based on the functional localization of the cerebral cortex

"Xing Nao Kai Qiao"acupuncture therapy is closely related to nerve stem stimulation

and the nape acupuncture therapy is based on the nerve innervation of the regional neck-nape area in obtaining therapeutic effects.In fact

effects of these three acupuncture interventions are all closely associated with the modern neuroanatomy.In the treatment of post-stroke spastic paralysis

cognitive disorder and depression with acupuncture therapy

modern neuroanatomical knowledge should be one of the key theoretical basis and new therapeutic techniques should be explored and developed continuously.