Reflex modulation of catecholamine secretion and adrenal sympathetic nerve activity by acupuncture-like stimulation in anesthetized rat

Japanese Journal of Physiology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 411-421

  Sato, Akio ^a   Sato, Yuko ^b   Suzuki, Atsuko ^a   Uchida, Säe ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^b TSUKUBA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Adrenal medullary hormone; Adrenal sympathetic nerve; Reflex; Somatic afferent

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CATECHOLAMINE; NORADRENALIN;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADRENAL MEDULLA; ADRENERGIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATECHOLAMINE RELEASE; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; RAT; REFLEX;

EID: 0030470476     PISSN: 0021521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2170/jjphysiol.46.411     Document Type: Article

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