Electroacupuncture: Mechanisms and clinical application

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 129-138

  Ulett, George A ^a   Han, Songping ^b   Han, Ji Sheng ^c  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Acupuncture analgesia; Drug addiction; Endorphins; Neuroelectric stimulation; Nociception; Opioids; Pain

Indexed keywords

ENKEPHALIN; NALOXONE;

ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DEPRESSION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; HUMAN; MUSCLE SPASM; NERVE STIMULATION; NOCICEPTION; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STROKE;

ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; ANIMALS; BRAIN; DRUG SYNERGISM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ENDORPHINS; HUMANS; IMMUNE SERA; MICROINJECTIONS; MORPHINE; NALOXONE; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; RABBITS; RATS; RECEPTORS, OPIOID; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0032527542     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(97)00394-6     Document Type: Review

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