Bee venom injection into an acupuncture point reduces arthritis associated edema and nociceptive responses

Pain

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 271-280

  Kwon, Young Bae ^a   Lee, Jae Dong ^b   Lee, Hye Jung ^b   Han, Ho Jae ^c   Mar, Woung Chon ^a   Kang, Sung Keel ^b   Beitz, Alvin J ^d   Lee, Jang Hern ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^c Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Anti inflammation; Anti nociception; Arthritis; Bee venom; Fos immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

BEE VENOM; FREUND ADJUVANT;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC ARTHRITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HYPERALGESIA; INFLAMMATION; INJECTION SITE; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MALE; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PAW EDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ANIMALS; ARTHRITIS; BEE VENOMS; EDEMA; HEAT; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; PAIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TOUCH;

EID: 0035864885     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(00)00412-7     Document Type: Article

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