Chorioretinal blood flow changes following acupuncture between thumb and forefinger

Journal of Japanese Ophthalmological Society

Volumn 104, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 717-723

  Naruse, Shigeta ^a   Mori, Kazuhiko ^a   Kurihara, Mana ^a   Nakajima, Nobuko ^a   Matsumoto, Yasuhiro ^a   Kinoshita, Shigeru ^a   Ohyama, Yoshiki ^b   Nakamura, Tatsuzo ^b  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b MEIJI UNIVERSITY OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Chorioretinal blood flow; Hegu (LI 4); Parasympathetic

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOROID; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; VASCULARIZATION;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; CHOROID; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; RETINAL VESSELS;

EID: 0034305552     PISSN: 00290203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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