The effects of electroacupuncture on peripheral nerve regeneration in rats

Acupuncture in Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 9-17

  Inoue, Motohiro ^a   Hojo, Tatsuya ^a   Yano, Tadashi ^a   Katsumi, Yasukazu ^a  

^a MEIJI UNIVERSITY OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Direct current; Electroacupuncture; Nerve regeneration; Peripheral nerve; Rat; Sciatic nerve

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECT CURRENT; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; MALE; MUSCLE MASS; NEEDLE; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

EID: 0042020275     PISSN: 09645284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/aim.21.1-2.9     Document Type: Article

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