Electroacupuncture attenuates inflammation in a rat model

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 135-142

  Zhang, Rui Xin ^a   Lao, Lixing ^b,c   Wang, Xiaoya ^a   Fan, Arthur ^a   Wang, Linbo ^a   Ren, Ke ^b   Berman, Brian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND DENTAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Kernan Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREUND ADJUVANT;

ADRENAL GLAND; ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; HEART RATE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PAW EDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FREUND'S ADJUVANT; MALE; NEUROGENIC INFLAMMATION; PAIN; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 14744268119     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2005.11.135     Document Type: Article

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