Acupuncture Help Alleviate Parkinson’s Motor Symptoms, Acupuncture has long been used in East Asian countries to treat motor dysfunctions and neurological disorders such as Parkinson’s. Evidence suggests that acupuncture enhance motor function-associated neural responses in patients with Parkinson’s, and its effect has been shown in clinical studies: Parkinson’s patients who underwent bee venom acupuncture treatment saw their motor function improved; and “motor function-associated neural responses” with acupuncture have been shown in Parkinson’s patients using magnetic resonance imaging. To understand the extent to which acupuncture affects the recovery of dopaminergic neurons — those affected in Parkinson’s disease — different rodent models have been used. However, results have been controversial: while some studies report that acupuncture recovered dopaminergic neurons, others failed to demonstrate the therapy’s neuroprotective potential in a different mouse model of the disease.