An alternative method to enhance vagal activities and suppress sympathetic activities in humans

Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical

Volumn 100, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 90-95

  Wang, J D ^a   Kuo, Terry B J ^b   Yang, Cheryl C H ^b  

^a BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Heart rate variability; Human; Sympathetic activity; Vagal activity

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FREQUENCY ANALYZER; HEAD; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RR INTERVAL; SYMPATHETIC TONE; TEMPORAL LOBE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ACUPUNCTURE; ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HEAD; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0037201186     PISSN: 15660702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1566-0702(02)00150-9     Document Type: Article

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