Effect of transcutaneous nerve stimulation on esophageal function in normal subjects -evidence for a somatovisceral reflex

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 185-192

  Chang, Full Young ^a,c   Chey, William Y ^b   Ouyang, Ann ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS FUNCTION DISORDER; FEMALE; FOOT; HAND; HUMAN; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SMOOTH MUSCLE; STATISTICS; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; ESOPHAGEAL MOTILITY DISORDERS; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; FEMALE; FOOT; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; STATISTICS; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE;

EID: 0030332376     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X96000244     Document Type: Article

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