Afferent mechanisms underlying stimulation modality-related modulation of acupuncture-related cardiovascular responses

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 872-880

  Zhou, Wei ^a   Fu, Liang Wu ^a   Tjen A Looi, Stephanie C ^a   Li, Peng ^a   Longhurst, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular reflexes; Electroacupuncture; Manual acupuncture; Median nerve; Somatic afferents

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PERONEUS NERVE; PRESSOR RESPONSE; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; STOMACH DISTENSION; ULNAR NERVE;

ACUPUNCTURE; ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; BAROREFLEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; HEMOSTASIS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STOMACH; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 14144250917     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01079.2004     Document Type: Article

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