Effects of acupuncture on peripheral T lymphocyte subpopulation and amounts of cerebral catecholamines in mice

Acupuncture and Electro-Therapeutics Research

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 127-139

  Okumura, Masae ^a   Toriizuka, Kazuo ^a   Iijima, Koji ^a   Haruyama, Katsuro ^a   Ishino, Shogo ^a   Cyong, Jong Chol ^a  

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Author keywords

Activated T cell; Acupuncture; CD4 CD8; Flow cytometry; Mitogenic activity; NK cell

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY REACTIONS; FUNCTIONAL NEURAL STIMULATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY;

CEREBRAL CATECHOLAMINES; MITOGENIC ACTIVITY; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTES;

ACUPUNCTURE;

CATECHOLAMINE;

ACUPUNCTURE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE METABOLISM; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MITOGENESIS; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; SPLEEN CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

EID: 0032745081     PISSN: 03601293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/036012999816356372     Document Type: Article

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