Hypothalamic effects of millimeter wave irradiation depend on location of exposed acupuncture zones in unanesthetized rabbits

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 29-35

  Vorobyov, Vasily V ^a   Khramov, Robert N ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CELL BIOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTE OF THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BIOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Acupoints; EEG; Frequency Spectra; Millimeter Waves

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EXTERNAL EAR; HYPOTHALAMUS FUNCTION; IRRADIATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; SKULL; ANIMAL; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; MICROWAVE RADIATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MICROWAVES; RABBITS;

EID: 0036048796     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X0200003X     Document Type: Article

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