A study on the central neural pathway of the heart, Nei-Kuan (EH-6) and Shen-Men (HE-7) with neural tracer in rats

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 591-609

  Jang, Insoo ^a,d   Cho, Kiho ^b   Moon, Sangkwan ^b   Ko, Changnam ^b   Lee, Bonghee ^c   Ko, Byungmoon ^a   Lee, Changhyun ^a  

^a Woosuk University   (South Korea)

^b Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^c Cheju Universisity College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Woosuk Hospital of Korea Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Heart; Nei Kuan (EH 6); Pseudorabies Virus; Shen Men (HE 7); WGA HRP

Indexed keywords

WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE;

ACUPUNCTURE; ANIMAL CELL; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; CENTRAL GRAY MATTER; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; HEART INNERVATION; LOCUS CERULEUS; NERVE TRACT; NONHUMAN; PSEUDORABIES HERPETOVIRUS; RAPHE MAGNUS NUCLEUS; RAPHE NUCLEUS; RAT; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL GANGLION; SYMPATHETIC GANGLION; ANIMAL; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; HEART; HISTOLOGY; INNERVATION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HEART; HERPESVIRUS 1, SUID; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 1542463942     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X03001314     Document Type: Article

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