Acupuncture stimulation enhances splenic natural killer cell cytotoxicity in rats

Japanese Journal of Physiology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 131-136

  Sato, T ^a   Yu, Y ^a   Guo, S Y ^a   Kasahara, T ^a   Hisamitsu, T ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

acupuncture stimulation; complement; splenic natural killer cell; Tsu sanli

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NATURAL KILLER CELL MEDIATED CYTOTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ANIMALS; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MALE; MUSCLES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPLEEN; TIBIAL NERVE;

EID: 0029907343     PISSN: 0021521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2170/jjphysiol.46.131     Document Type: Article

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