OBJECTIVES: To observe the effects of acupuncture on the KAT3B/ACSL4 pathway in the cerebral cortex of cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury (CIRI) rats, and to explore the mechanisms by which acupuncture mitigates ferroptosis and ferritinophagy in CIRI. METHODS: Forty male SD rats were randomly divided into sham operation, model, acupuncture, and western medicine groups, with 10 rats in each group. The CIRI rat model was established by middle cerebral artery occlusion. The rats in the acupunctur...