Specific effects of laserpuncture on the cerebral circulation

Lasers in Medical Science

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 57-62

  Litscher, G ^a   Wang, L ^a   Wiesner Zechmeister, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b European Forum for Lasertherapy and Fractal Medicine   (Australia)

Author keywords

40 Hz brain oscillations; Acupuncture; Brain; Cerebral blood flow velocity; Laserpuncture; Light stimulation; Middle cerebral artery (MCA); Posterior cerebral artery (PCA); Transcranial Doppler sonography (TCD)

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN OXYGEN TENSION; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HEALING; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LASER; MALE; NEEDLE; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISION;

EID: 0033975354     PISSN: 02688921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s101030050048     Document Type: Article

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