Diffuse noxious inhibitory controls in anti-nociception produced by acupuncture and moxibustion on trigeminal caudalis neurons in rats

Japanese Journal of Physiology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 133-140

  Murase, Kentaro ^a   Kawakita, Kenji ^a  

^a MEIJI UNIVERSITY OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Diffuse noxious inhibitory controls (DNIC); Endogenous pain inhibitory systems; Moxibustion; Rat

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HISTOLOGY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; RAT; SKIN STIMULATION; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS;

EID: 0034095327     PISSN: 0021521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2170/jjphysiol.50.133     Document Type: Article

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