Acupuncture beyond the endorphin concept?

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 221-224

  Bonta, I L ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ENDORPHIN; CYTOKINE; ENDORPHIN; INTERLEUKIN 10; NEUROPEPTIDE; PLACEBO;

ACUPUNCTURE; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; DOWN REGULATION; HORMONE RELEASE; INFLAMMATION; NOCICEPTION; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; VALIDATION PROCESS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ACUPUNCTURE; CYTOKINES; ENDORPHINS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEUROPEPTIDES; PAIN; PLACEBO EFFECT;

EID: 0035988328     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/mehy.2001.1425     Document Type: Article

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