Acupuncture mechanisms for clinically relevant long-term effects - Reconsideration and a hypothesis

Acupuncture in Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 82-99

  Carlsson, Christer ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Acupuncture analgesia; Axon reflexes; Local endorphins; Long term depression; Mechanisms; Oxytocin; Therapeutic acupuncture

Indexed keywords

ENDORPHIN; NEUROPEPTIDE; OXYTOCIN;

ACUPUNCTURE; ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANALGESIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DEPRESSION; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; HYPOALGESIA; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NERVE FIBER; NOCICEPTION; PAIN THRESHOLD; ANIMAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NEEDLE; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TIME;

ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; ANIMALS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; NEEDLES; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036668778     PISSN: 09645284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/aim.20.2-3.82     Document Type: Article

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