Computer-controlled acupuncture®. Quantification and separation of specific effects

Neurological Research

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 530-534

  Litscher, G ^a   Wang, L ^b   Yang, N H ^b   Schwarz, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Brain; Computer controlled acupuncture (CCA); Eye; Middle cerebral artery; Supratrochlear artery; Transcranial Doppler sonography (TCD)

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 0032885949     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01616412.1999.11740970     Document Type: Article

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