Electroacupuncture on PC6 (Neiguan) attenuates ischemia/reperfusion injury in rat hearts

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 951-965

  Tsou, Meng Ting ^a,b   Huang, Cheng Hsiung ^a,c   Chiu, Jen Hwey ^a,c,d  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d CHENG HSIN REHABILITATION MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Electroacupuncture; Ischemia reperfusion; PC6 (Neiguan); Somato visceral regulation

Indexed keywords

HEART ENZYME; NALOXONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART PROTECTION; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MEDIAN NERVE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; RAT; RAT STRAIN; REPERFUSION INJURY; RISK REDUCTION; VAGOTOMY;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; MALE; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION INJURY; NERVE BLOCK; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VAGOTOMY;

EID: 10944268198     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X04002557     Document Type: Article

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