Effect of sensory stimulation (acupuncture) on sympathetic and parasympathetic activities in healthy subjects

Journal of the Autonomic Nervous System

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 52-59

  Haker, Eva ^a   Egekvist, Henrik ^b   Bjerring, Peter ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Autonomic nervous system; Heart rate variability (HRV); Power spectral analyses (PSA); Sensory stimulation

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; POWER SPECTRUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SYMPATHETIC TONE; THENAR; THERMOGRAPHY; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ACUPUNCTURE, EAR; ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; HAND; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; REFERENCE VALUES; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0033982776     PISSN: 01651838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1838(99)00090-9     Document Type: Article

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