Different analgesic effects of manual and electrical acupuncture stimulation of real and sham auricular points: A blind controlled study with rats

Acupuncture and Electro-Therapeutics Research

Volumn 24, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 169-179

  Ceccherelli, Francesco ^a   Gagliardi, Giuseppe ^a   Seda, Roberta ^a   Corradin, Maurizio ^a   Giron, Giampiero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Analgesia; Animal; Auricle; Blind Study; Controlled Study; Ear Acupuncture; Electroacupuncture; Neurogenic Inflammation

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIOLOGY; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

ANALGESIA;

ELECTROACUPUNCTURE;

CAPSAICIN;

ACUPUNCTURE; ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDEMA; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; EXTERNAL EAR; MALE; NEUROGENIC INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; RAT;

EID: 0033509191     PISSN: 03601293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/036012999816356309     Document Type: Article

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